A "Particle" of Prevention Is Worth a Pound of Cure
The Significant Benefits of Premarket & Postmarket Particulate Testing of Cardiovascular Devices

Considerations for Third-Party Reprocessing of Single-Use Medical Devices
Reusing single-use devices that have been safely reprocessed by a third-party reprocessor can enable healthcare providers to maintain high-quality patient care while saving on costs and reducing medical waste. Validated functionality testing must be paired with validated cleaning, disinfection, and steriliza

Current Regulatory Landscape for EO Residue Levels in Medical Devices: What Manufacturers Need To Know Now and What May Be on the Horizon
The goal for medical device manufacturers that use EO sterilization to minimize patient exposure to EO residues and (and EO derivatives) from their devices and ensure that the levels of residual EO, ethylene chlorohydrin (ECH), and ethylene glycol (EG) pose the least amount of risk possible to the patient

EO Residue Levels in Medical Devices
Sterilizing medical devices via ethylene oxide gas is an effective and common practice within the industry. EO gas is active at a relatively low temperature compared to other methods, such as steam, and it is compatible with plastics, polymers, and many products that are not compat¬ible with other sterilizati

Choosing Colorants for Medical Devices
Colorants are often added to the substrates and material components of medical devices with the primary intent of improving the usability of the devices. For instance, color coding can assist users in matching devices or sizes together when multiple options are available. Colorants can also be used to brand m

Selecting & Justifying Sample Sizes: Where to Begin?
Within our industry, we have seen several approaches to selecting samples sizes; this paper will not cover all of the approaches, but it is a guide to give medical device manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies a good starting point for determining their own ideal sample size.

Could Lean Product Development Get You to Market Faster?
Every manufacturing engineer is familiar with The Machine That Changed the World: The Story of Lean Production. First published in 1990, this classic book was the first to detail the Toyota Production System from which the principles of Lean Production were derived. The authors predicted that Lean Producti

Medtech Mergers & Acquisitions of 2018
Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) continued to change the landscape in the medical device and diagnostics industry in 2018. See which companies were bought, sold, or spun-off last year with our comprehensive list of 2018 medtech M&As. Information in the report includes the following: Buyers

Medtech Salary Survey 2018
Is it time to ask for a raise? Each year, we ask medical device and diagnostic industry professionals detailed questions about their compensation and careers. This year, 245 full-time medtech professionals sent in responses. We’ve analyzed the data to reveal the median salary for the industry as well as ga

Advancements in Clear High Barrier Packaging Materials
Clear high-barrier materials are an excellent alternative to traditional aluminum foil. Manufacturers enjoy the ability to easily inspect packaged product through the use of vision systems, metal detectors, and manual visual inspection. As a marketing tool, clear materials allow for product differentiation

Protecting Healthcare Software
The purpose of this white paper is to highlight potential threats in typical modern medical applications in terms of cybersecurity and protection of patients’ medical data, and how to effectively address these threats with Intertrust’s whiteCryption® technology.

Challenges with MEMS Pressure Sensor Integration in Medical Devices
This white paper discusses the need for pressure sensor integration in medical devices with a focus on applications, different pressure sensing technologies, MEMS sensor options, and considerations during the encapsulation and integration process. It highlights the need for an experienced partner to help stre

Finding Balanced Solutions for Medical-Grade Materials
When medical device and diagnostics manufacturers work through material selection for their products, polymers such as polycarbonate (PC), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), and poly-vinyl chloride (PVC) are commonly used materials that first come to mind. Some of these established grades are used because t

Leveraging Human Factors Testing to Develop a Better MedTech Product
Historically, human factors risk has taken a back seat to clinical risk. For a product to be viable it needs to clinically work and used as intended in a safe and effective way. By not focusing on mitigating risk on both fronts, there remains a chance that the safety of patients, doctors, nurses

Free: MD+DI’s 2015 Medtech Salary Survey
Find out how your salary compares with that of your peers in the medical device and diagnostic industry with MD+DI's 2015 Medtech Salary Survey. We’ve compiled salary data for the industry as a whole as well as for six job descriptions (general and corporate management, product design engineering, QA/QC, regu

5 Sci-Fi Technologies Coming to Medical Devices
Science fiction authors have an uncanny knack for helping to predict the future of technology. Here are five real medical technologies that were first depicted in science fiction films and novels.

5 Pitfalls You Need to Avoid When Outsourcing
Here are five expert-identified pitfalls that medical device companies need to watch out for when taking the contract manufacturing route.

America's Greatest Medtech Hubs: What You Need to Know
From Silicon Valley to the Twin Cities to Boston, Qmed/MPMN readers identified the top medtech hubs in the United States. Here are snapshots of each.

Top 100 Medical Device Companies of 2015
Since a wave of megamergers swept the medical device and diagnostics industry over the past couple of years, there has been a lot of change on medtech's leaderboard. Keep track of who's on top with our 2015 ranking of medical device and diagnostic players by total revenue. Information includes company

The Top 10 Medtech States
A substantial proportion of the medical device industry is clustered in a handful of states. Here’s a rundown of the top 10 U.S. states for medtech based on employment, patents, NIH funding, VC medical device funding, and business climate. Takeaways from the report: California attrac

How the Largest Medtech Companies Performed in Early 2016
The majority of the world’s largest medical device companies actually saw their stock prices decline during the first three months of 2016. Check out our spreadsheet of stock performance for 91 of the largest companies.

How the Largest Medtech Companies Performed in Mid-2016
The stock situation is improving for the world’s largest medtech companies. As of June 30, a little more than half had stock prices that were up for the year. When we last checked on March 31, more than three-fifths were down for the year. Check out our spreadsheet of stock performance for 89 of the largest c

Medtech’s Recall Epidemic
Medical device recalls hit an all-time high in 2014, and nearly a third of manufacturers experience multiple recalls for similar reasons. Find out what’s behind this troubling trend and how companies can reverse it. Download this free report to learn: The top three root causes f

Medtech Salary Survey 2016
Don’t go into your next performance review unprepared. See how your salary compares with that of your peers in the medical device and diagnostics industry with MD+DI’s Medtech Salary Survey 2016. Download this free report to discover: Median salary for the industry overall

How the Largest Medtech Companies Performed in Fall 2016
This year overall is turning out to be a good one for medical device company stocks. As of September 30, roughly three-fifths of the world’s largest medtech companies had stock prices that were up for the year. Back on March 31, it was the other way around: Three-fifths were down for the year. Check out our s

Top 100 Medical Device Companies of 2016
Who are the top dogs in the medtech industry? Find out with our free 2016 ranking of the top 100 public medical device and diagnostics companies by revenue. Information in the report includes company name, stock ticker, 2016 revenue, market capitalization, 52-week high and low stock prices, primary address, a

Medtech Mergers & Acquisitions of 2016
The deals keep coming in the medical device and diagnostics industry, with M&A activity holding steady in 2016. Keep track of who’s buying, selling, and spinning off with our comprehensive list of 2016 medtech mergers and acquisitions. Information contained in the report includes: Buyers

Medtech Incubators and Accelerators
Are you a medtech entrepreneur looking for support and resources to help start or grow your company? Start here, with our free list of dozens of incubators and accelerators serving the medical device, diagnostics, health IT, and digital health fields. The list features incubators and accelerators based acr

Medtech CEOs Who Made the Most in 2016
A Qmed analysis of the 34 largest medtech companies’ most recent proxy statements filed with the SEC revealed that many CEOs in the industry saw a bump in pay last year. Many of them also received more than $5 million in total compensation. Want to know which CEOs raked in the most? Download our free list of

Top U.S. Venture Capital Investors in Medtech
Need to raise money to get your medtech startup off the ground? Start here, with our list of the Top U.S. venture capital investors in medical device and diagnostics startups. The list, compiled with information from Pitchbook.com and the firms’ websites, ranks investors by sum of deals. Informat