https://medicaldevicecourses.com/members/shp37njit-edu/activity/ Activity feed for shp37@njit.edu. Fri, 24 Apr 2026 22:39:12 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 67639fd70f4b4c050b654bf32aa9b1fa https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19221/ Sun, 01 Dec 2019 22:45:28 -0500 While working in industry, I have mostly come across consultants who were specialized in the areas of the project that we were currently working on. For example, a project involving the creation of a dental brushing data acquisition system involved…   Read more»

]]> 61293df0b26dff970d5c40505e0afe3f https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19220/ Sun, 01 Dec 2019 22:21:20 -0500 I have experienced being in a situation where I had to sign a non-compete agreement which prevented me from working a different company which I wanted to work for. The company that I worked for was relatively large and was…   Read more»

]]> f2fb1adc6450e1dc0e03edc7610af71b https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19163/ Sun, 24 Nov 2019 20:06:25 -0500 I believe the best way to startup a medical device company would be to implement the matrix-style organizational method into the company. I believe this is the ideal method to startup a medical device company because each department has a…   Read more»

]]> 9767b9e0c1ea811c7a0d1226ebd7d21b https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19162/ Sun, 24 Nov 2019 18:43:29 -0500 I believe it is better to form a project team with people who are more knowledgeable in their department role. Trying to form professional relationships with personal friends or family will just bring in more conflict than productivity. I believe…   Read more»

]]> 784f7760498b4e49828daaff8bf97d3a https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19161/ Sun, 24 Nov 2019 17:58:35 -0500 From experience, I currently work in a matrix-style work environment. I prefer a matrix organization because of the ease of access of information. Throughout my time working in this environment, I have been given the opportunity to learn from all…   Read more»

]]> 7c677fad58bf6828a299edd46fc49a95 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19049/ Sun, 10 Nov 2019 23:43:45 -0500 Verification and Validation are indeed similar phases in the medical design development process but they are different in the sense that they function to prove different things about the product. The verification phase proves if the device outputs meet the…   Read more»

]]> ee480cf200cdaae3596e5438b0f9f884 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19035/ Sat, 09 Nov 2019 22:17:50 -0500 Most of the time, each medical device has a standard guideline for testing which is followed by the engineers to design the appropriate test for the appropriate device. These guidelines are known as ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials)…   Read more»

]]> 8ebe2be994c6e2eb149ee7dbaeb723ac https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/19034/ Sat, 09 Nov 2019 22:03:59 -0500 Gantt charts are extremely helpful in Industry. This resource allows the team to lay out a specified timeline of objectives and the resources that are allocated to each of the objectives. This is a very powerful tool which allows the…   Read more»

]]> 18794b47c4767817c07ec65d18f558e0 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/18945/ Mon, 28 Oct 2019 03:55:45 -0400 Verification is an immensely important step in the medical device development life cycle. A deviation is essentially when a technician is forced (or mistakenly) deviates away from the test protocol which could be caused by anything from unexpected outcomes of…   Read more»

]]> b2a83450c83083afd1669eef41fdb6e0 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/18944/ Mon, 28 Oct 2019 03:44:32 -0400 While working for industry, a gantt chart is a very powerful tool to lay down hard deadlines and the structure of a project. Tasks and sub-tasks are to be laid out and an estimate of how much time each of…   Read more»

]]> 01eb66ebf21e9c08ad13909e6c9cde4e https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/18926/ Sun, 27 Oct 2019 22:02:58 -0400 I definitely agree with the points listed above as to how to improve the Verification/Validation process. I believe the verification process is very important because it lets the engineers and other departments if anything is deficient with the product. Verification…   Read more»

]]> 0e257230af7cd48b99dba70b27c70d34 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/18879/ Mon, 21 Oct 2019 03:29:10 -0400 I feel like the greatest advertisement that I have ever seen (and is still running the same commercial) is Empire Today. Not only did this commercial have one of the most catchiest tunes I have ever heard, but the animations…   Read more»

]]> 79ea96996401a519d0154c322b8c86ec https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/18876/ Mon, 21 Oct 2019 02:57:06 -0400 I believe that Emotional Intelligence can easily turn into manipulation. As said in the lectures from before, Industry is a field where money plays a big factor in driving the company. The main role of the marketing department is to…   Read more»

]]> dfcf714314d011692ece7418707268ca https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/18873/ Mon, 21 Oct 2019 02:37:21 -0400 Product management’s sole purpose is to build a product that customers will buy. While keeping the company’s market needs in mind, product management will gather input from clientele, sales, prospective results. All of these factors will then be compared with…   Read more»

]]> dd1fe7172f5dc9e04e5990ac0423b366 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/18802/ Sun, 13 Oct 2019 18:38:35 -0400 It is definitely possible to transfer a sole proprietorship but there will be several factors that you need to take into consideration such as if you want to share ownership (partnership) and if you want to retain sole control and…   Read more»

]]> 4749f0bfa240924d41bc17e0a42e3966 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/18801/ Sun, 13 Oct 2019 18:15:14 -0400 I would definitely consider doing a partnership in the future because it will most definitely be easier financially and less time-consuming. I believe partnerships give a company a sense of diversification to the different abilities of each of the partners…   Read more»

]]> 49233f804f27f19fd5001661ec01a692 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/18800/ Sun, 13 Oct 2019 18:07:18 -0400 The difference between a private and public company is that a private company is owned by a few individuals themselves which can be the company’s founders or even a clan of private investors. These investors or founders own all of…   Read more»

]]> 5af279500abf9b683848468af0599232 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/18751/ Mon, 07 Oct 2019 03:16:04 -0400 I believe the improvements to the quality control department can mainly come from how accurate and precise the measurement devices are in the labs and also the QC employees themselves. I have been in a QC lab where the mechanical…   Read more»

]]> 97ec91659d104329926d73ca1e4bc679 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/18749/ Mon, 07 Oct 2019 03:01:36 -0400 I have worked at a company where the QA and QC departments have had a phenomenal effect and connection with the rest of the company. I believe what drives this consistent connection is fast and constant communication which can resolve…   Read more»

]]> 6eb8510428b73a089a02c31c33a2974a https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/18663/ Sun, 29 Sep 2019 20:26:16 -0400 There was a recall of a Vacutainer from Becton Dickinson in the United States where a little less than a billion of these devices were recalled. The FDA identified it as a class one recall which is the most serious…   Read more»

]]> 72de9ae46416148229ffb07e710f10a5 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/18656/ Sat, 28 Sep 2019 18:04:12 -0400 In terms of medical devices, I believe accuracy determines how well the medical device functions to tackle the problem of treating the patient or problem it was made for. Precision is more of how finely correlated the medical devices are…   Read more»

]]> f488a46b38d2de8980efbb60e52b57e9 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/18655/ Sat, 28 Sep 2019 17:23:48 -0400 All medical device companies go through several precautionary phases of medical device development in order to prevent a non-conformance or recall. A product’s non-conformance can be easily overlooked by the quality department of the company itself or it could be…   Read more»

]]> b6810cd18303b738cf52708c739d5cb8 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/18615/ Sun, 22 Sep 2019 22:06:24 -0400 I believe that projects in the industry are more successful because we have more resources when compared to academia. An industry also has a hierarchical stature of employees which makes it more organized than a team of graduate students and…   Read more»

]]> 04ba4800c5eb3a376ca06fcf6109d728 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/18614/ Sun, 22 Sep 2019 21:48:43 -0400 I believe choosing a bio-material is one of the most critical factors in determining the flow of a project. The selection of a bio-material over another depicts the number of complications in the study. For example, if  bio-material X has…   Read more»

]]> f3b721db51d6a19540c8352f58699ecc https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/18564/ Mon, 16 Sep 2019 02:53:25 -0400 An obstacle that I’ve encountered while working on a project involved the the lack of proper communication between the engineering team, project managers, and supervisors. The engineering team had set up a clear, organized, gantt chart of how the objectives…   Read more»

]]> c0c9c407ed931019f6d3388fa257cfd6 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/18558/ Mon, 16 Sep 2019 01:43:41 -0400 That is a great example of how communication was not implemented by an individual on the team. I believe that communication is key for a team to reach its goals for a project. The manager should give the engineers all…   Read more»

]]> bf73c36ac400b7c0e1c79e1766cc14cb https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/18520/ Fri, 13 Sep 2019 22:23:50 -0400 I agree with Dr. Simon’s perspective about how the project objectives should be achievable, understandable, and affordable. An achievable project incorporates time management and laying down all of the main objectives, sub-objectives, and minor sub-tasks all into a well-organized structure….   Read more»

]]> b7fe5ea069dd225dda88773ca617b772 https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/18501/ Mon, 09 Sep 2019 13:11:46 -0400 I believe that Academia is more focused on what the individual would want to do and is more flexible whereas the Industry is more focused on what the company wants to do and that individual is working on something he/she…   Read more»

]]> f12dbe676b18fb742899733cf2f4bc9b https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/18498/ Mon, 09 Sep 2019 13:11:44 -0400 From what I’ve experienced, a BS degree in BME is what all companies look for as the minimum requirement. It is definitely possible to gain a good entry-level position straight out of undergrad, whether it be through a very hard-earned…   Read more»

]]> f8ea704c15abd6e8b252a6be2c2a1fbc https://medicaldevicecourses.com/activity/p/18497/ Mon, 09 Sep 2019 13:11:44 -0400 I believe real life experiences in the industry, whether it be internships, co-ops, or even an entry-level job in quality control would even help a BME get a feel as to what they want to focus more into. I personally…   Read more»

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