No More Batteries! Try Energy Harvesting
Energy harvesting is a technology that gathers tiny wattages of power from hidden sources such as motion, temperature or vibration. It can generate...
24 March, 2016
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Finding Bite-Sized Solutions to Product Development Problems
A medical device should work like a clock: simple on the surface while built on a complex collection of interdependent moving parts, from...
17 February, 2016
3 Months from Concept to Demo – BD Case Study
Key Tech & BD - DDP 16 This is a case study that Andy Rogers co-presented on the 2016 Drug Delivery Partnerships with our...
11 February, 2016
Get To Market Faster With These Software Programming Tips
Software design for medical devices naturally invokes a paradox. On one hand, you want to have the software completed early. Prototypes can't be...
27 January, 2016
Thinking About Testing in Product Development
The outset of a new project is like the start of a new year, a time rich with possibility. The beginning of any...
06 January, 2016
The Value of Simplicity in Prototype Development
If you keep your design simple, you can build a prototype almost as fast as you can do the math to predict how...
09 December, 2015
Incorporating Electronics Into Medical Device Consumables
In a simple world, medical consumables are made of plastic and plastic only. Electronic components would remain separate in the durable device. In the...
18 November, 2015
Determining What Stays on the Device, and What Goes in the Consumable
Because most medical devices include both a durable instrument and a consumable, product developers often face a pivotal question during the early design...
04 November, 2015
Rubbing Elbows with FDA Medical Device Chief Jeff Shuren
I was fortunate to be part of a small group that was invited to meet Jeffrey Shuren, director of the Center for Devices...
29 October, 2015
Conducting User Studies During Technology Development
Developing products that incorporate new technology requires designers to work in two worlds simultaneously. The first world is that of the technology inside the...
07 October, 2015
Key Tech Celebrates Young Women in Engineering
Supporting the careers of young engineers is important to us at Key Tech. After all, they’re one of the reasons working here is...
01 October, 2015
Product Design: How to Choose the Right Sensor
Sensors are one of life’s unsung heroes: ubiquitous in machinery of all kinds, yet virtually unnoticed unless they light an alarm or malfunction....
09 September, 2015
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