Trends in Development of Medical Devices

Book excerpt: Trends in Development of Medical Devices covers the basics of medical devices and their development, regulations and toxicological effects, risk assessment and mitigation. It also discusses the maintenance of a medical device portfolio during product lifecycle. This book provides up-to-date information and knowledge on how to understand the position and benefits of new introduced medical devices for improving healthcare. Researchers and industry professionals from the fields of medical devices, surgery, medical toxicology, pharmacy and medical devices manufacture will find this book useful. The book's editors and contributors form a global, interdisciplinary base of knowledge which they bring to this book. - Provides a roadmap to medical devices development and the integration of manufacturing steps to improve workflows - Helps engineers in medical devices industries to anticipate the special requirements of this field with relation to biocompatibility, sterilization methods, government regulations - Presents new strategies that readers can use to take advantage of rapid prototyping technologies, such as 3D printing, to reduce imperfections in production and develop products that enable completely new treatment possibilities