At Key Tech, we recognize the importance of being able to prototype quickly. Out-of-the-box ideas often require prototyping and testing to determine viability, and rapid prototyping allows us and our clients to efficiently reach a yes/no decision on if an idea is worth pursuing further....
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...
Many conditions can elevate or depress the intracranial pressure (ICP) of fluid pushing on the brain, potentially seriously impacting patient health. However, the only ways to measure ICP require specialized invasive techniques that are too risky for most patients. In Episode #26 of the MedTech Speed to...
Before any med-tech entrepreneur can bring a product to market, he or she must prove the technology will work reliably. Transforming a nascent technology like digital microfluidics into an intuitive product is not easy. But it doesn’t take a seasoned engi...
Kristen Carbone designed Brilliantly Warm, a wearable technology to solve a problem that she had herself: keeping warm following a preventive double mastectomy and implant reconstruction....
Each year, millions of people in the U.S. require some sort of neurosurgery due to injury, disease, or genetic condition. They often undergo multiple procedures and face long, painful recoveries. This inspired Jesse Christopher to start tinkering with his...
Andy Rogers talked with Mike Acosta, EVP/Head of Compliance at Coagusense, and later recapped some of the lessons learned with Senior Electrical Engineer Jake Cowperthwaite. Andy and Jake have an informative discussion about how to define performance requ...
Andy Rogers and Jake Cowperthwaite continue their talk with Steve Schaefer, CEO at CoolTech, about the quest for data with MiHelper: a new in-home therapy device....
You don’t know where test data will lead, but you can follow it if you plan ahead. A few weeks ago Andy and Jake Cowperthwaite spoke with Steve Schaefer, CEO of CoolTech, about designing your device as a platform. Steve’s company was able to use their...
What data you need, where you get it – and most importantly – what you do with it, all determine whether a medical device will be successful. Of course, every technology has its own set of caveats, but it always helps to hear from people...