How the Right Partners Can Help Your MedTech Start-Up Achieve Its Long-Term Goals
In medical device start-ups, the focus of decisions on suppliers and partners is often on the needs of the here and now. You might need a design partner, for example, or a reliable supplier of specialty needles. These here-and-now considerations are essential, but it is also important to remember that the suppliers and partners you […]
How Advanced Devices and Components Are Facilitating Robotic-Assisted Surgery
August 1, 2023 By Richard McLoughlin Robotic-assisted surgery is transforming healthcare in several different surgical fields. Robots are not a new technology, but new innovations, devices, and components are being developed at pace, facilitating even more advanced and novel robotic-assisted surgical procedures. Robotic-assisted surgery makes it possible for surgeons to carry out these new and […]
Brief Guide to Micropuncture Needles, Guidewires, and Catheter
April 25, 2023 By Paula Johnson The use of micropuncture needles, guidewires, and catheters has revolutionized many vascular access procedures. They provide an alternative to the standard method of gaining vascular access with benefits to the patient and the team completing the procedure. If you are developing an idea for a new medical device product, […]
An Introduction to Catheter Design
April 4, 2023 By Richard McLoughlin Innovations in catheter design have led to immeasurable improvements in the treatment and diagnosis of patients around the world. Catheter technologies continue to advance, creating new opportunities to enhance existing capabilities as well as breaking new ground. If you are currently involved in the development of a new catheter […]
Guide to Choosing Interventional Guidewires
March 14, 2023 By Richard McLoughlin Guidewires are an important tool used by clinicians in a range of procedures, so they are a crucial component of many minimally invasive medical devices. Guidewires also come in multiple configurations with a vast range of performance and functional characteristics. How do you choose the right guidewire for your […]
Medical Device Supply Chain Resilience and Capacity Building – Can You Afford Not To?
March 9, 2023 By Keith Spodek Supply chain resilience, supply chain capacity, and resource capacity are priority areas for many senior leaders in the medical device industry. Patients, clinicians, and customers need and want the products the MedTech industry produces and continues to develop. The big question for many companies is how to meet demand […]
How Overmolding Can Improve Your Medical Device Product
December 20, 2022 By Conor Thompson The manufacturing techniques used in the production of your medical device product will have a significant impact on everything from quality to manufacturability to costs. Overmolding is one manufacturing technique that can have a significant and positive influence on all these factors. In this blog, we’ll explain how overmolding […]
Medical Device Design Services – Support from Concept to Full-Scale Production
November 16, 2022 By Richard McLoughlin Bringing a new medical device product to market is an intensive and extensive process, so it’s important you get the right support. The best approach is to work with a partner that offers a complete service offering, with end-to-end support from the concept development stage through to full-scale manufacturing. […]
Choosing the Right Fine Needle Aspiration or Fine Needle Biopsy Device
October 20, 2022 By Paula Johnson While fine needle aspiration (FNA) and fine needle biopsy (FNB) are common procedures for the diagnosis of cancer, there is no specific device option that is the best choice in all situations. In fact, there is a large range of design and feature options available in both the FNA […]
Is Your Medical Device Supply Chain as Resilient as You’d Like it to Be?
September 1, 2022 By Richard McLoughlin Supply chain resilience is currently a priority topic for companies in a range of industries, and MedTech is no different. Many factors are contributing to this enhanced focus on supply chain resilience, not least the experiences of medical device companies, patients, and customers during the Covid-19 pandemic. It’s not […]