Debugging intermittent failures in any instrument is difficult. However, the task becomes even more challenging when the instrument is a medical device that interfaces directly with a patient’s body. Every patient’s anatomy is different, so how do you identify what parameters have the greatest impact...
AlgometRx has tapped Key Tech’s medical product development expertise to bring its Nociometer® pain assessment technology to market. Washington, DC-based AlgometRx, Inc. and Baltimore’s Key Technologies, Inc. (Key Tech) will develop a pain identification and quantification platform to improve pain management. AlgometRx’s Nociometer® technology objectively measures...
At Key Tech, we are used to working on novel, cutting-edge technologies, and devices that are the first of their kind. However, sometimes our clients need help creating a product in an already busy market. This was the case on a recent project that I...
Parallel consumable and instrument development is required to hit key milestones during fast-paced development programs. As the consumable complexity increases to meet the ever-growing demand of complex assay/chemistry processing or more data-driven medical devices, the instrument/consumable interface also grows in complexity and is typically a...
Uterine cancer rates in the United States are rising. Yet uterine exams rely on expensive, difficult, and painful procedures developed decades ago. North Carolina-based Luminelle has developed an office-based alternative that could revolutionize women’s health. In Episode #28 of the MedTech Speed to Data podcast, Andy...
Navigating startups from concept to market is a formidable challenge. Early-stage investors make a difference by guiding MedTech innovators to startup success. The Key Tech team recently met with Dr. Deborah Hemingway, Managing Partner at investment firm Ecphora Capital. Dr. Hemingway shared her perspective on Maryland’s...
As terrible as it was, the COVID-19 pandemic spurred many medical innovations, including accessible over-the-counter (OTC) diagnostic tests. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Institutes of Health’s Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) program awarded funds to fast-track these innovative tests through the development pipeline...
A question our clients often raise is when, exactly, to hand things over to a contract manufacturer (CM). Waiting for a refined design is tempting. In our experience, though, getting CM feedback early in development is critical to optimizing product designs, assembly and checkout processes,...
Read our latest article in the May issue of ONdrugDelivery by Key Tech Senior Mechanical Engineer Thomas James. Thomas highlights the importance of early user engagement, as well as continuous refinement of information and workflow design, for the efficient development of drug-device combination products for...
Will DeMore's article “Disposable Design: Consider All Interfaces” is featured in this month’s edition of Medical Product Outsourcing. Read about his take on the importance of designing disposable interfaces while carefully considering how they interact with durable parts and users here: https://bit.ly/2BIk2vr...