Medtech can improve by thinking more about the problems it is trying to solve and looking outside of normal avenues for inspiration. [Photo by Sinan Helfenstein on Unsplash] Jeff Karp, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. For companies and academics aiming to innovate in the medical space, we often don’t spend enough time thinking about the problem […]
Innovation
The most disruptive medical device innovations of all time
When it comes to disruptive medical device innovations, it’s easy to lose the perspective of history. Here are devices through history that definitely made a difference. Chris Newmarker, Managing Editor and Danielle Kirsh, Assistant Editor Whether you’re talking about surgical robotics or efforts to bring more value to healthcare, the word “disruptive” seems to get […]
5 innovative medical devices designed by students
The Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) just released its list of the 2017 IDEA award-winning designed products. The winners in the medical device category included several interesting devices. But what really caught our eye was the Student Designs category, which featured several noteworthy medical innovations from students that took up USA Test Prep. These devices […]
The 10 hottest medtech startups of 2017
Medtech startups face more challenges than they have in the past, but several companies are developing products that take advantage of new technology and are specifically designed to meet healthcare’s evolving needs. [Image from Unsplash] “It used to be that medical device startups would develop a product by focusing on design, they’d get some […]
7 disruptive innovations from medical device suppliers
Sometimes an innovation out of a contract manufacturer is truly disruptive when it comes to its potential for the medical device industry. Chris Newmarker, Managing Editor People sometimes make the mistake of viewing innovation as the product of a few geniuses and mavericks. But in fact, it is often the result of teamwork, as the […]
How surgical robots are creating super surgeons
Faster than a scalpel-wielding hand, able to snake to hard-to-reach surgical sites in a single bound—future surgeons will be super surgeons, all thanks to robotics. Alistair Fleming, VP Medical at Sagentia In many industries, the advance of robotics has created worries about robots supplanting humans. But in the world of surgery, the next generation of […]
3 ways you can accelerate your innovation
Heather Thompson, Senior Editor Accelerating innovation is an easy-to-say, hard-to-do concept. In many ways, product development has sped up to a breakneck pace in the last 20 years due to CAD advances, automation, 3D printing, rapid protoyping, to name only a few technologies. Toolkits and methodologies have also expanded to include lean and agile principles, […]
Solving for X: Is there a crisis in medtech innovation?
By Heather Thompson You are worried about the state of innovation in medtech – and maybe you should be. Because we aren’t talking about the stuff you spend most of your time doing, which is very likely iterative improvements to technology already on the market. We are talking about true, breakthrough product innovation. Michael Drues, […]
Patient Safety Movement announces innovation contest
Life sciences challenge tech in global innovation
(Reuters) — The life sciences industry is increasingly taking over from the tech sector in driving global innovation, according to a Thomson Reuters analysis of global patents.
AdvaMed announces ‘Innovation Agenda’
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AdvaMed today announced a new "Innovation Agenda" built on 5 pillars it says are needed to "renew the innovation ecosystem" for the medical device industry.
