Integrating Microfluidics into Biomanufacturing
Enabling Features for Biomanufacturing Applications Integrating microfluidics into biomanufacturing lines is a very exciting concept. Microfluidics has the ability to miniaturize manufacturing...
View ArticleThree Reasons to Think Canada When Developing Regenerative Medicine,...
Personalized medicine approaches can transform the field of biomanufacturing through the use of additive manufacturing technologies. Successful implementation of such processes requires an...
View ArticleThe Future of BioManufacturing
Six BioManufacturing Trends to Watch in 2022 The COVID-19 pandemic shed a light on the strengths and shortcomings of the global biotech infrastructure in relation to pandemic readiness and general...
View ArticleBest Practices for Managing Work/Life Balance
The topic of managing work/life balance came up during a recent meeting. Most of the group acknowledged that it’s a tricky thing to manage. It sounds like it’s just two things: work and life. But it’s...
View ArticleCreating an Award-Winning Company Culture
An award-winning culture is not the work of a single individual or even a handful of individuals. Yes, it’s true that the tone comes from the top, but there are many “tops” in any organization and...
View ArticleExtended Job Interview Process Benefits
“A job interview is not a test of your knowledge, but your ability to use it at the right time.” Is the purpose of a job interview a process to test the candidate’s ability or is there more to it?...
View ArticleWhat Attracts Employees to StarFish Medical?
One way to judge the fit of a potential new employer is to hear what attracted current employees and how well the company is meeting their expectations. This blog shares employee impressions prior to...
View ArticleWomen in STEM and ‘Break the Bias’
International Women’s Day is an inspirational moment to celebrate women across all cultures, industries, and professions. We contemplated what we, as women in STEM, wanted to share on behalf of...
View ArticleMedical Device Development Resources
Where do medical device development professionals go for answers? Everyone has a “go-to” resource when they get stuck with a question or challenge they have not encountered before. StarFish employees...
View ArticleDahlia Zoetrope Design Challenge
Every year StarFish designs a unique holiday gift as a fun way to celebrate the season. This year we developed a zoetrope that creates the illusion of an unfurling, dahlia-like flower sculpture in...
View Article7 Polarities in Medical Device Product Commercialization
I love farming, particularly growing fruit-bearing trees. It starts by planting seeds in a pot with soil. There are two types of seeds – monocots and dicots. I am really fascinated with the dicot type,...
View ArticleRegulatory Science Tools Reduce Risk in New Medical Devices
The FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health’s (CDRH) Office of Science and Engineering Labs (OSEL) is a part of FDA’s initiative to speed up medical device development and patient access to...
View Article8 Tips to Manage Medtech Stakeholder Expectations
Managing medtech stakeholder expectations is an important element of medical device development success. Investors, Internal stakeholders, KOLs, Clinicians, Scientists and Engineers will all play a...
View ArticleXYZs of Medical Device Vibration Testing
Medical devices, especially complex ones with electronics, almost always undergo shipping testing before they are considered safe enough for market. We use 3rd party testing services to run typical...
View ArticlePreparing EUA Medical Devices for Post-Pandemic Use
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a draft guidance document in December 2021 outlining transition plans for medical devices currently marketed under Emergency Use Authorizations...
View ArticleTips to Avoid Medical Device AI Pitfalls
Roughly 80% of human brain volume is made up by the neocortex, a set of highly interconnected layers of neurons that controls our higher brain functions, such as perception, cognition, motor control,...
View ArticleReducing Costs in Medical Device Verification and Validation
With the design and prototyping of exciting novel technologies dominating the spotlight in product development, medical device verification and validation (V&V) activities sometimes don’t get...
View ArticleWhen Tolerance Studies Add Value in Medical Device Development
Coming from a high volume and high precision electronics manufacturing background, I lived in a world where every design required a tolerance study. Entering the low volume world of biomedical...
View ArticleMedical Device Camera Image Sensor Considerations
Part 3: Produce the most high-fidelity images and/or cleanest data possible Camera sensors are common components of medical devices. This blog covers various types of image sensors. Generally, image...
View Article4 Hidden Medical Device Development Costs
Unnecessary repeated effort is an insidious source of hidden costs. In medical device development, an iterative work process is fundamental to creating a successful product, but if the iterative...
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