Medical device Design Reviews are critical to the success of product development. So much so that the infamous Design Controls waterfall diagram shows a design review after every major design control ...

Successful new medical devices hinge on the designer’s understanding of the specific requirements of the procedures they support, including factors like usage frequency and duration. This is ...

Two ever-popular courses in Duke’s Master of Engineering for MedTech Design program led by industry-seasoned faculty ...

Medical device design and development is a process that helps to ensure devices that go to market are safe, effective, marketable, and profitable. The process is a blueprint of the phases needed to ...

Medtech design engineers these days are challenged to make medical and dental devices that are smaller and portable yet do much more than ever before—process data, connect to the cloud, and utilize AI ...

Designers and engineers have often looked to the environment and how Mother Nature has accomplished phenomenal design solutions for inspiration over the ages. Perhaps all that is new about this ...

In this article, we review the value of human factors research and user-centered design from a business perspective. After briefly clarifying these concepts, the discussion turns to the primary ...

There are a number of linear motion technologies availableto machine and device designers, each with advantages and disadvantages.Medical device design in particular, in which applications typically ...

These definitions as written out by AAMI (The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation) offer clarity, helping designers recognize and address these risks effectively in product ...

It’s been over 15 years, but the advent of Apple’s iPhone still represents one of the biggest paradigm shifts in the world of consumer technology. It fused style with substance; form with ...

Secure by design didn’t just pop up in the medical device industry with the update to the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) guidance on cybersecurity recommendations. However, its inclusion in this ...

Nevada Sanchez, co-founder of Butterfly Network, talks to Machine Design about the organization making life-saving technology available to frontline healthcare workers in the developing world. In ...