The medical device R & D handbook

"Written for medical device designers, biomedical engineering students, physician entrepreneurs, and medical device entrepreneurs, this reference explains the basics on how to prototype and develop a medical device. It discusses the basics of plastics, adhesives, medical needles, and rapid prot...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors Kucklick, Theodore R. (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2013]
EditionSecond edition.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781439811955
1439811954
9781628706666
162870666X
9781439811894
143981189X
Physical Description1 online resource (497 pages) : illustrations (some color)

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to medical plastics
  • Getting stuck in a good way: basics of medical device adhesives
  • Introduction to needles and cannulae
  • Assessing biocompatibility: a guide for medical device manufacturers
  • Catheter-forming equipment and operations
  • Basics of catheter assembly
  • Rapid prototyping for medical devices
  • Medical applications of rapid technologies: technology update
  • Reverse engineering in medical device design
  • Prototype or produce? How to decide
  • Elements of injection molding style for medical device R & D
  • Clinical observation: how to be welcome (or at least tolerated) in the operating room and laboratory
  • ABCs of NDAs
  • Intellectual property strategy for med-tech start-ups
  • Regulatory affairs: medical devices
  • 510(k) reform: the stakes are high
  • Brief introduction to preclinical research
  • Using medical illustration in medical device R & D
  • Case study: the BACE mitral regurgitation treatment device: supplement to interview with Thomas Fogarty, MD
  • Interview with Paul Yock, MD
  • Interview with Dane Miller, PhD
  • Interview with Ingemar Lundquist
  • Interview with J. Casey McGlynn
  • Keys to creating value for early stage medical device companies
  • Female leadership in the medical device industry
  • Medical device sales 101
  • Invention, innovation, and creativity: or how Thomas edison never changed the world by creating the light bulb
  • How to fail as an entrepreneur
  • Raising money for your medical device start-up.