In ‘AI as a Creative Design Partner’ Key Tech’s Industrial Design Department explored how emerging generative AI tools might support our design process through a mock project case study and development of initial internal use and application guidelines. At the time, AI was full of...
Product design doesn’t end with feasibility. We measure success by how smoothly a design moves through verification/validation and into manufacturing transfer, supported by our process understanding, test strategy, and documentation needed to scale. That’s why we embed a manufacturing strategy at the very start of...
Design for Security from the Start: Making Medical Device Cybersecurity More Resilient MedTech innovation is revolutionizing healthcare but is also introducing new cyberattack vectors that can put manufacturers, hospitals, and patients at risk. In Episode 44 of the MedTech Speed to Data Podcast, Key Tech VP of...
HSBC Innovations is the global bank’s financing arm for American and European startups, especially in the healthcare and life sciences industries. The bank’s semi-annual Venture Healthcare Reports document trends in the investment market. Key Tech’s Andy Rogers welcomes the report’s author, HSBC Innovation Managing Director Jon...
Across life science and medical industries, it’s extremely common to see products with a durable instrument interfacing with one or more cartridges. Modern diagnostic devices regularly support unique assays that must be identified correctly per test. Similarly, pharma and drug delivery consumables look to track...
In utero procedures can yield better long-term outcomes for the baby. However, fetal surgery relies on instruments developed for other disciplines. An early-stage startup in Maryland is developing in utero instruments to improve outcomes for both fetus and mother. Fetal Therapy Technologies CEO Selena Shirkin joins...
Lasers have powered a wide array of useful applications over the past 50 years, and recently their use in the medical and life sciences fields has been on the rise. Lasers are an effective way to transfer energy to a precise location while maintaining mechanical...
Overview Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer on the sidelines – it’s rapidly reshaped the design industry, unlocking new creative possibilities and challenging long-held ways of working. Key Tech’s Industrial Design Department has been monitoring the landscape and recently conducted a mock project case study...
When faced with a project requiring real-time issue support alongside critical milestones, Key Tech adopted a hybrid approach that combined structured, linear planning with Agile flexibility. We broke work into manageable sprints but still tracked to long-term deliverables and collaboratively prioritized tasks with the client,...
Epinephrine auto-injectors, first developed in the 1970s, are the most common emergency treatments for anaphylaxis, often deadly allergic reactions. The limitations of liquid epinephrine and the device’s decades-old technology have kept these life-saving devices out of patients’ hands. Boston-based startup Windgap Medical, Inc. plans to...