What Medical Device Manufacturers Need to Know About New European Commission Regulations

Paul Dunleavy, Senior Vice President of Engineering   Transition into Medical Devices Regulation (MDR)  In May 2017, the European Commission...

Tribal Knowledge: What Is It and How Can It Be Prevented?

Scott Bridges, Senior Manufacturing Quality Engineer, CogmedixDaniel Irizarry, Manufacturing Quality Engineer, Cogmedix Tribal Knowledge, Hidden...

Industrial Design: Not Just the Pretty Package Anymore

Tony Wong, Industrial Design Engineering Manager Years ago, the industrial designer’s impact was not a well-recognized element of the overall...

Time to Market – Rapid Prototyping

Paul Dunleavy, Senior Vice President of Engineering In my previous blog, “Cogmedix Medical Device Development Process – How to Innovate and Maintain...

Cogmedix Electrical and Software Engineering Capabilities

Chad Graham, Electrical Engineering Manager Compared to medical devices twenty years ago, today’s medical devices are smaller, smarter and far more...

Optical System Modeling

Vladimir Krylov, Opto-Mechanical Engineering Manager Cogmedix provides comprehensive product development and commercialization services with...

Challenges of Introducing Medical Devices to Market as a Startup

John Mastroianni, Principal Electrical Engineer   Toward the end of last year, a former co-worker approached me about defining the FDA quality...

Cogmedix Medical Device Development Process – How to Innovate and Maintain Compliance

Paul Dunleavy, Senior Vice President of Engineering Medical device product development and commercialization can be challenging, especially when...

For Medical Devices, Class Really is Everything

By Chad Graham, Electrical Engineering Manager As with life, the medical industry is a constant balance of risk versus benefit.  In the medical...

Cogmedix Attends BIOMEDevice Boston

Tim Briggs, Vice President of Relationship Development and Program Management Peter Rizzo, Manager of Positive Client Relations at Cogmedix, and I...

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Cogmedix Attends BIOMEDevice Boston

Cogmedix Attends BIOMEDevice Boston

Cogmedix recently had the pleasure of attending BIOMEDevice Boston, sponsored by MD&M. It was a great opportunity to engage with many Cogmedix suppliers, customers and design partners, as well as meet new companies showcasing their varying capabilities.

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Pay Me Now or Pay Me Later

Pay Me Now or Pay Me Later

When selecting the materials that will make up a medical device, one of the most important steps is considering the FDA requirements for flammability, biocompatibility and environment compatibility.  These requirements are necessary for a marketable device, but not for a functional prototype. It is common during technology development to focus on core functionality and delay meeting some regulatory requirements until the product design stage. Once the product design commences, it is possible to experience difficulty finding materials that meet both core functional and regulatory requirements.

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Optics Handling in System Integration

Optics Handling in System Integration

Optical systems are playing an ever-increasing role in consumer, medical, industrial, and communications industries. With optical component manufacturing being a very specialized industry, most of the optical and laser systems integrators deal with the tasks of specifying, procuring, inspecting, and assembling optics.

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SOLIDWORKS as an Engineering Tool

SOLIDWORKS as an Engineering Tool

 SOLIDWORKS is used by most of the design engineering world today as a comprehensive 3D modeling tool. Cogmedix engineers use SOLIDWORKS to design virtually any part our customers need, allowing us to provide the world-class service they expect.

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Designing For The Future

Designing For The Future

A well thought out product platform design strategy enables fast product iterations and reaction to rapidly changing market opportunities.

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