Insights

SPARK Webinar – The Importance of Early DFX

SPARK Webinar Recap – The Importance of Early DFXOn July 17, 2025, the SPARK Hub hosted a 45-minute session led by Will DeMore,...

17 July, 2025

SPARK Webinar – MVPs and Strategic Spending in Product Development

SPARK Webinar Recap: MVPs and Strategic Spending in Product DevelopmentOn July 15, 2025, Key Tech’s Will DeMore led a SPARK webinar on how...

15 July, 2025

SPARK Webinar – The Power of User-Centered Design

SPARK Webinar Recap – The Power of User-Centered DesignOn July 8, 2025, Key Tech Senior Industrial Designers Josh Hartl and Chet Larrow led...

08 July, 2025

Bridging Agile and Structured Planning in Complex Product Development

When faced with a project requiring real-time issue support alongside critical milestones, Key Tech adopted a hybrid approach that combined structured, linear planning...

26 June, 2025

Ep 41 Spotting An Opportunity, Crafting A Solution

Epinephrine auto-injectors, first developed in the 1970s, are the most common emergency treatments for anaphylaxis, often deadly allergic reactions. The limitations of liquid...

24 June, 2025

Ep 40 Startup Advice for AI Enabled Products

Hundreds of approved devices use artificial intelligence to help physicians diagnose patients faster and more accurately. Brooke & Associates is a legal and...

27 May, 2025

Key Takeaways from the 2025 HFES International Symposium: Streamlining Human Factors for Global Medical Device Approvals

The 2025 HFES International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care brought forward a lot of out of the box thinking,...

27 May, 2025

Systems Engineering, Simplified: Key Tech’s Guiding Principles

Systems Engineering is a dense and challenging field. From the unparalleled NASA Systems Engineering Handbook to INCOSE’S thorough and accessible Systems Engineering Body...

30 April, 2025

From Pixels to Patients: Machine Vision in Medical Products

Machine vision is at the core of many Key Tech systems, enabling critical functions such as isolating single cells, guiding macro level motion...

26 March, 2025

Ep 39 Adapting to Market Needs: From Advanced Biotelemetry to Organ Transport Logistics

Successful organ transplants depend on quickly getting donor organs to their recipients. MediGO, now part of CareDx, pioneered logistics technologies that help make...

20 March, 2025

Root Cause Analysis for Medical Devices

Debugging intermittent failures in any instrument is difficult. However, the task becomes even more challenging when the instrument is a medical device that...

10 March, 2025

Ep 38 Identifying the Need for a Wearable Solution to Overactive Bladder: Insights from Market Research with Patients, Providers, and Payers

Ohio-based Avation Medical has developed a bioelectric wearable device for at-home treatment of overactive bladder, promising improved quality of life for patients suffering...

12 February, 2025