design
Hey Reader: Got a Question for MD+DI?
Dec 20, 2011
The MD+D team is gearing up for 2012, and we need your help. Have a design question you can't answer? Maybe confusion over a quality or regulatory practice is...
Detroit Looks to Medical Device Innovation: Creates Think Tank
Oct 07, 2011
The Henry Ford Health System Innovation Institute is a new think tank for creating medical products opening in Detroit. It stands as part of a biomedical and...
FDA Investigators Don't Really Understand Design Control
Apr 11, 2011
FDA investigators do get trained to the regulations as well as to FDA’s guidance on design controls. They do not necessarily have experience...
Early Bird Gets the Latest on Materials Technology
Apr 07, 2011
You have to get up pretty early here in the United States, but if you do, you could find a wealth of knowledge at our upcoming virtual event. This dynamic...
Do Design Controls Help a Firm Produce a Safe and Effective Medical Device?
Mar 28, 2011
Not on their own, no. However, by following good design controls relative to design inputs and design verification and validation, it is far more...
Keeping a Pulse on Innovation
Feb 15, 2011
As you may have read, innovation has been a popular topic lately. Who is innovative? Which countries? How can there be more of it? Is it being stifled?...
Will 3-D Printing Rewrite the Book on Manufacturing?
Feb 10, 2011
  If you're looking for the Next Big Thing, the buzz is continuing to build for 3-D printing. A thoroughly fascinating piece in The Economist suggests...
Gee, I Haven't Heard Anything about Defibrillators Lately...
Nov 17, 2010
Defibrillators have been a hot topic lately, so let's recap:   After telling makers of CT scanners to step up their efforts, FDA has now honed in on...
Revisiting a Smart Device (with a little Lord of the Rings thrown in)
Sep 30, 2010
Earlier this year, MD+DI highlighted the GlowCap as one of the latest in a growing cache of smart, well-designed medical devices. There's always more to a cool...
How Excellent Is Your Design?
Sep 15, 2010
There's nothing like winning, especially when lots of hard work has been put into the endeavor. In the medical device world, one of the most prestigious...