Newsletter V. 2022 Issue 2
September 2022 Newsletter – Integrating Two Worlds of Product Development
Using Design Controls to Undermine Medical Device Development – Part 1
Nobody sets out to write design control procedures that undermine product development but unfortunately that’s the situation I’ve observed at many medical device companies. In this blog post I describe some common ways that your quality system can undermine your product teams (part 1 of 2).
Newsletter V. 2022 Issue 1
March 2022 Newsletter – Back to Basics with Design Controls. Changes are coming to design control regulations. Advanced design controls
What Are Medical Device Design Controls?
Medical device design controls are the regulations that govern the development of medical devices. The FDA established design controls in 1997 because they found that manufacturing controls alone were not sufficient. The FDA recognized that many patient injuries and deaths were the result of medical devices with fundamental design flaws (i.e. no matter how carefully …
Happy Holidays 2021
Wishing you all the best during this Holiday season and a prosperous New Year. Aaron Joseph Streamlined Compliance for Medical Device Development Sunstone Pilot, Inc. sunstonepilot.com
Newsletter V. 2021 Issue 3
December 2021 Newsletter – Digital Health – Big Updates from FDA
Rules Are Changing for FDA Submissions for Software
Big news! After 16 years the FDA is changing its guidance on the software documentation needed in regulatory submissions.
Newsletter V. 2021 Issue 2
September 2021 Newsletter – Digital Health and Medical Device Software Digital Health encompasses a broad range of products leveraging the latest software and communication technologies to improve patient health and increase the efficiency of healthcare systems. Some of the most innovative are software-only products (SaMD) utilizing sophisticated algorithms to analyze health data and aid clinicians …
Documentation for Medical Device Software
The documentation needed for medical device software is lengthy and complex. This article provides a list of needed documentation and tips on the best way to manage it.
Accelerating Value Delivery for Medical Device Software
Erik Heuer describes his experiences accelerating medical device software development by bridging the gap between regulatory compliance and modern software development methods: incorporating DevOps concepts, leveraging documentation automation, and establishing the two wheels for innovation vs. development and deployment.