Based on my experience in the medical field as an EMT and as an Engineer, I can see how having a clinical background is paramount when it comes to working with doctors and other health care providers. I can say that knowing the proper medical terminology is important for excellent communication. The mentality between an engineer and a doctor is…[Read more]

Emotional intelligence is very important for companies to understand because it focuses on the customer’s emotions whether they are desiring to buy a product and what their current needs are. As discussed in the lecture, it was mentioned that the company should create products for current needs of the customer and it’s their job to convince the…[Read more]

Clever ways companies are venturing out to their customers or potential customers is via social media. Social media over the course of recent years has become a large platform where companies can communicate and interact with their customers both for advertising and also to address concerns. For example, Twitter, Facebook and even Youtube has…[Read more]

Diopsys

Mission Statement: Diopsys, Inc. is a medical instrumentation company dedicated to advances in preventive health care. The company specializes in the development and marketing of easy-to-use, non-invasive, patient-friendly diagnostic testing equipment utilizing electrophysiology. Diopsys understands the needs of the patient, the parent,…[Read more]

It all depends on the given goal in mind or the business when it comes to LLP vs LLC, if you see a large future for your business and expand to other states then an LLC is a better option, a larger workforce you will need a liability safety net. In addition, with LLC you will not be bound to just the partnership deciding the fate of your company.…[Read more]

I did research on Google the following are my findings:

Net Profit Margin (Q2)= 13.55% as of June 2017
Net profit margin is the percentage of revenue that was brought into the company as profit. Compared to 2016 which was 21.58%, it seems that it is much less. This makes sense since the company recently invested a large sum of their money into…[Read more]

I agree with @bb254, if a mid-sized company is making $10 million in revenue per year, the company would generate a larger net worth if the company became an Inc corporation. As discussed in the previous discussion above, the long-run gain would be to attract shareholders to buy stock in the company and increased the overall net worth of the…[Read more]

Based on my work experience with the current company i am with, i have worked with both Quality engineers and R&D engineers/scientists. The common problem i have seen is that projects in fact due get delayed because of check ups and reviews. From what i learned is that in order to avoid having any issue with the Quality department, its best to…[Read more]

In industry, there will always be a situation where departments will not be in the same page and this is because they have different objectives. In this case where the production of a new medical device is hindered by the questioning of QA, it is important to understand that QA’s job is to ensure the safety of the customer, sure the thought…[Read more]

QA/QC is the integral part of any medical device or any product in general. The department is practically a checks and balances for the product to ensure it meets it’s intention without any defects. I can understand why companies may believe that QA/QC can be a burden to some, however they need to understand that these devices are interacting with…[Read more]

Throughout the years lawmakers and government departments such as the FDA have modified and added regulations to ensure that it tackles on all possible issues and meets their mission statement while maintaining a watchful eye on any possible failures in the system. The FDA currently is working on setting up regulations for new medical devices for…[Read more]

The FDA regulates the e-cigarette as stated earlier in the previous posts, this is because its a device that uses chemicals that is heated into a vapor and delivers to the human body via the lungs. This respiratory delivery system is a known drug delivery pathway such as for example using Albuterol as a steroid for patients that have Asthma. This…[Read more]

In regards to the antibiotic-releasing hip-stem implant this medical device would be considered a combination device since the product has two functionalities; however the overall primary mode of action is that of a hip-stem, to structurally support the hip. Since this product falls under a medical device, the government agency that would oversee…[Read more]

The beauty of research is that even in academia or industry, it speaks the same general language and can be translated between both worlds. However, the goal is where research changes direction. In academia research is undergone to further advance humanity and solve problems while in industry, research is used to create a new product and attain…[Read more]

Before biomaterials can be used for testing during clinical trials, the product must undergo specific testing verification such as using the toxicity table to ensure that the product checks off requirements based on the designated application. The toxicity table helps one know how toxic the product is based on biological effects such as…[Read more]

Animal testing procedures can encounter many pitfalls in the course of it’s phase just as many other testing procedures such as clinical trials. Considering in this scenario that the company is using a university located 1000 mi away since a research member has connections can be helpful but also problematic if no contingency plan is established.…[Read more]

I believe that in a project’s life cycle, all subsections are essential when it comes to a product’s development. When it comes to medical device development, the cycle is broken down into numerous of phases such as concept design (user needs), design planning (design input) , product design (design process), design verification (design output),…[Read more]

The difference between being a project manager for a medical device project compared to a building/construction project is that in the medical device industry, the project manager must see the project from the start to the end and also follow up afterwards for revisions and initiate risk management. On the other hand the building project manager…[Read more]

An obstacle that I’ve encountered when working on a project would be unexpected delays and time management when it comes to working with a team. A saying I always keep in mind when working on projects is Murphy’s Law, “Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.” in actuality this saying is very practical in the sense that one must always be…[Read more]

From what I have visualized, I have noticed that for some engineers they can have a great foundation in theory instead of the practical aspect of their given major. This can play a major role in obtaining a job because many industry positions require their applicants to have X number of years of experience, this is what differentiates you from the…[Read more]