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A medical device is an instrument, apparatus, implant, in vitro reagent, or similar or related article that is used to diagnose, prevent, or treat disease or other conditions, and does not achieve its purposes through chemical action within or on the body (which would make it a drug). Whereas medicinal products (also called pharmaceuticals) achieve their principal action by pharmacological, metabolic or immunological means, medical devices act by other means like physical, mechanical, or thermal means.
Medical devices vary greatly in complexity and application. Examples range from simple devices such as tongue depressors, medical thermometers, and disposable gloves to advanced devices such as computers which assist in the conduct of medical testing, implants, and prostheses. The design of medical devices constitutes a major segment of the field of biomedical engineering.
The global medical device market reached roughly $209 billion in 2006.
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The healthcare industry is a hot bed of innovation. A convergence of new technologies, connectivity, big data and analytic models are creating a multitude of opportunities to improve health outcomes and reinvent platforms for device and service businesses. Working in a regulated industry requires special considerations that can prove challenging for the uninitiated. From concept generation to launch, this session, led by Aidan Petrie, Chief Innovation Officer of Ximedica, will provide an overview of six essential components of successful product development specific to the development of medical devices and healthcare products. We will start with a discussion around the regulatory considerations that drive many of the activities surrounding each of the development phases and then cov...
(Part 1 of 3) General overview of medical device regulation.
The medical device industry is overshadowed by huge companies which both stifle innovation and drain available resources. In the field of retinal imaging, there are just a handful of companies with revenues in the hundreds of millions of dollars but they make large and expensive devices that are inappropriate for the developing world. Dr Craig Robertson and his company, Epipole, make smart intelligent devices that address specific illnesses using robust, high quality but relatively inexpensive hardware and very intelligent cloud-based storage and computing. In his talk, Craig will look at what disruption means in the medical device industry. He’ll explore how we can make devices that fulfil the needs of the many, not the few, and make them at a price that allows for ethical trading. Dr. C...
http://sterlingmedicaldevices.com How can medical device startups avoid costly mistakes when navigating the FDA submission process to successfully bring their idea to market? Startups are the lifeblood of medical device innovation. Without universities researching ways to solve pressing healthcare problems or doctors with experience in a particular field who have an idea to develop a prototype medical device that could help patients, the future technologies needed to help save lives wouldn't happen. But the long, arduous road through the FDA submission process to get market approval can take a long time and cost a lot of money without help. Sterling Medical Devices has been helping startups through the FDA approval process since 1998 without ever having a submission rejected. Here are th...
Take a look inside Sunnybrook’s Medical Devices Reprocessing Centre. There are many steps to this 24/7 cleaning process, and there is zero room for error. See more videos on our blog: http://sunnyview.sunnybrook.ca
Successful medical products—from drug delivery systems to diagnostic equipment and surgical devices—advance patient care. Manufacturers of these products must create innovative approaches while working in a stringent regulatory environment. See how SolidWorks® product development solutions help designers in the medical field reduce design cycle time and costs, while still focusing on quality and reliability to increase patient safety and reduce liability. Learn more: http://www.solidworks.com/sw/industries/medical-devices-products-manufacturing.htm
From Foo Camp 2014, Brad Younggren's 5 minute presentation on medical devices that put healthcare in the hands of the patient. Watch more Ignite presentations from Foo Camp 2014: http://goo.gl/fKLn1A Don't miss an upload! Subscribe! http://goo.gl/szEauh Stay Connected to O'Reilly Media by Email - http://goo.gl/YZSWbO Follow O'Reilly Media: http://plus.google.com/+oreillymedia https://www.facebook.com/OReilly https://twitter.com/OReillyMedia
Course Description: Overview of the different steps of a typical medical device lifecycle from idea to market. This course provides a roadmap of the different steps involved in bringing a device to market and how to ensure continuous improvement of a product. Learn more at: http://www.wmdo.org//course-detail.aspx?id=87
Most medical device inventions start out as a single great idea, but how does that idea become a marketed medical device? This video provides a brief overview of how a medical device, which can range from a contact lens to a knee implant to an MRI machine, begins with an idea and ends with its submission to FDA. The video highlights aspects of the Investigational Device Exemption (or IDE) process, and provides general information on medical device clinical trials. The audience is device manufacturers and health care professionals. Presenter: Chrissy Cochran, PhD Toxicologist, FDA [vpmedicaldevices]
Today's current unmet clinical needs require innovative new medical device solutions, that are safe and effective for the patient, and provide a cost benefit to health care providers. Multidisciplinary medical device research at Trinity and the affiliated teaching hospitals aims to develop new medical devices from concept to the clinic. The next generation medical devices theme provides the foundations for a multidisciplinary medical device research network. Read more about the theme at http://www.tcd.ie/research/themes/next-generation-medical-devices/ http://www.tcd.ie/
The healthcare industry is a hot bed of innovation. A convergence of new technologies, connectivity, big data and analytic models are creating a multitude of opportunities to improve health outcomes and reinvent platforms for device and service businesses. Working in a regulated industry requires special considerations that can prove challenging for the uninitiated. From concept generation to launch, this session, led by Aidan Petrie, Chief Innovation Officer of Ximedica, will provide an overview of six essential components of successful product development specific to the development of medical devices and healthcare products. We will start with a discussion around the regulatory considerations that drive many of the activities surrounding each of the development phases and then cov...
(Part 1 of 3) General overview of medical device regulation.
The medical device industry is overshadowed by huge companies which both stifle innovation and drain available resources. In the field of retinal imaging, there are just a handful of companies with revenues in the hundreds of millions of dollars but they make large and expensive devices that are inappropriate for the developing world. Dr Craig Robertson and his company, Epipole, make smart intelligent devices that address specific illnesses using robust, high quality but relatively inexpensive hardware and very intelligent cloud-based storage and computing. In his talk, Craig will look at what disruption means in the medical device industry. He’ll explore how we can make devices that fulfil the needs of the many, not the few, and make them at a price that allows for ethical trading. Dr. C...
http://sterlingmedicaldevices.com How can medical device startups avoid costly mistakes when navigating the FDA submission process to successfully bring their idea to market? Startups are the lifeblood of medical device innovation. Without universities researching ways to solve pressing healthcare problems or doctors with experience in a particular field who have an idea to develop a prototype medical device that could help patients, the future technologies needed to help save lives wouldn't happen. But the long, arduous road through the FDA submission process to get market approval can take a long time and cost a lot of money without help. Sterling Medical Devices has been helping startups through the FDA approval process since 1998 without ever having a submission rejected. Here are th...
Take a look inside Sunnybrook’s Medical Devices Reprocessing Centre. There are many steps to this 24/7 cleaning process, and there is zero room for error. See more videos on our blog: http://sunnyview.sunnybrook.ca
Successful medical products—from drug delivery systems to diagnostic equipment and surgical devices—advance patient care. Manufacturers of these products must create innovative approaches while working in a stringent regulatory environment. See how SolidWorks® product development solutions help designers in the medical field reduce design cycle time and costs, while still focusing on quality and reliability to increase patient safety and reduce liability. Learn more: http://www.solidworks.com/sw/industries/medical-devices-products-manufacturing.htm
From Foo Camp 2014, Brad Younggren's 5 minute presentation on medical devices that put healthcare in the hands of the patient. Watch more Ignite presentations from Foo Camp 2014: http://goo.gl/fKLn1A Don't miss an upload! Subscribe! http://goo.gl/szEauh Stay Connected to O'Reilly Media by Email - http://goo.gl/YZSWbO Follow O'Reilly Media: http://plus.google.com/+oreillymedia https://www.facebook.com/OReilly https://twitter.com/OReillyMedia
Course Description: Overview of the different steps of a typical medical device lifecycle from idea to market. This course provides a roadmap of the different steps involved in bringing a device to market and how to ensure continuous improvement of a product. Learn more at: http://www.wmdo.org//course-detail.aspx?id=87
Most medical device inventions start out as a single great idea, but how does that idea become a marketed medical device? This video provides a brief overview of how a medical device, which can range from a contact lens to a knee implant to an MRI machine, begins with an idea and ends with its submission to FDA. The video highlights aspects of the Investigational Device Exemption (or IDE) process, and provides general information on medical device clinical trials. The audience is device manufacturers and health care professionals. Presenter: Chrissy Cochran, PhD Toxicologist, FDA [vpmedicaldevices]
Today's current unmet clinical needs require innovative new medical device solutions, that are safe and effective for the patient, and provide a cost benefit to health care providers. Multidisciplinary medical device research at Trinity and the affiliated teaching hospitals aims to develop new medical devices from concept to the clinic. The next generation medical devices theme provides the foundations for a multidisciplinary medical device research network. Read more about the theme at http://www.tcd.ie/research/themes/next-generation-medical-devices/ http://www.tcd.ie/