When your fledgling product development company has six engineers, you’re hard-pressed to not think at a system level. You’re in every meeting. You know all the specs because you helped write them. And you have a deep, nuanced understanding of that one weird, fascinating bug...
The world needs better diagnostic testing right now more than ever. With the appearance of Covid-19, we find ourselves needing a fast, easy, and accurate method of testing millions of people. The nasopharyngeal swab currently used for Covid-19 is a crutch to help the world...
Managing technical and schedule risk is one of the toughest challenges during development of a complex medical device. Historically, the predictability of these programs has been set back by the “surprise” result of an empirical test after much of the design work is completed. The...
How do you design a fluidics system that can accurately dispense a wide variety of liquid ingredients ranging in dose-volume from fractions of a milliliter to multiple liters in an efficient way with the same pumping modality? This was the tough development challenge B. Braun...
Key Tech saved CoolTech, a startup MedTech company greater than $1 million in development costs and six months in getting to clinical data. In our newest case study, we outline our expertise in driving speed to clinical data and reducing development costs and time substantially. Here’s how we did it Accelerating your...
Cybersecurity in medtech? You’ve got to have it. The rising tide of connected medical devices, data collection and the IoT makes cybersecurity the ominous buzzword of the healthcare industry. Key Tech’s cybersecurity approach is founded in our expertise in designing medical devices. Key Tech’s three-step...
At Key Tech, we are proud to say that we’ve worked on our share of connected devices. We look at the rapidly changing Smartwatch app market as a logical extension of medtech device connectivity and we have established some guidelines and insights for smart app...
Gain Faster Development Times with our Unique, Powerful & Proven Software Key Tech has developed a PC-based software tool, called Key#™ (pronounced KEY SHARP). Key#™ is built to reduce time to testing for prototypes - The average Key Tech client can save 1-2 months on the...
Medical and Drug Delivery Device HFES takeaways. A Key Tech Perspective. Last month’s HFES conference (Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare), was a three day deep dive into real-world examples and an exploration of solutions for issues and challenges in healthcare. Representing Key Tech’s product development and design...
It’s been said around Key Tech that ultrasound is my thing. I can’t deny it, I am drawn to ultrasonic applications because they require careful attention to a spectrum of disciplines I enjoy: acoustic, mechanical and materials, electrical and software design. Ignoring just one is likely...