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Prototyping is a critical step in medical device development. It accelerates the development cycle and makes sure the final product meets every requirement it has to.
Published 2024-07-26 · Wisdom Industrial Group
Rapid Iteration
Prototyping allows quick iterations and refinements, which lets the design team identify and address potential issues early in the development process. The economics are simple and usually underestimated: a change made during iteration costs a file and a build, and the same change made after a production tool has been cut costs steel, schedule and credibility.
Functional Testing
Physical prototypes provide the opportunity to conduct functional testing, confirming that the device performs as intended and meets the necessary standards. Some questions cannot be answered from a model. Whether a fluid path actually flows, whether a closure actually holds, and whether an assembly actually goes together are all questions that need an object.
Regulatory Compliance
Prototyping helps verify that the device complies with regulatory requirements, reducing the risk of delays during the approval process. Requirements found late become schedule risk; requirements verified during prototyping become documentation.
Stakeholder Feedback
Prototypes can be used to gather feedback from stakeholders, including healthcare professionals and patients, so the final product meets real user needs and expectations. Feedback given on a drawing and feedback given on a device a clinician has held are not the same kind of evidence.
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What We Provide
Sanpin Medical offers rapid and accurate prototyping services to support product development, with facilities and an experienced team producing prototypes quickly to a high standard of quality and precision. Where material behaviour is what you are testing, the prototype can be moulded through rapid tooling rather than printed.
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Questions
Questions From This Article
Should a prototype be printed or moulded?
Printed when you are checking form and fit; moulded when the material behaviour is the thing under test.
Do prototypes help with regulatory approval?
They help verify compliance with regulatory requirements before the submission, which reduces the risk of delays during approval.
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