Customers of OEM’s are no longer impressed by small devices, wafer-thin electronics and feather-light devices. They expect them. Not only are today’s medical devices expected to fulfill these expectations, but they are also expected to be minimally invasive and that’s the topic of one panel at MD&M West 2019 Anaheim.

This year the conference will highlight what representatives are calling disruptive design. Programming will emphasize new state-of-the-art materials, 3D printing, robotics, and automation. Speakers representing OEMs like Edwards Lifesciences, Galen Robotics, Merck, and Corinnova will be present as well.

Miniaturization & Drug Delivery at MD&M West 2019 Anaheim

Miniaturization is making medicine is allowing OEMs to fit more into less and also enhancing drug delivery and creating less invasive medical technologies, increasing patient comfort and decreases recovery time. Dr. Murty Vyakarnam, PhD will be giving a talk on rapid developments in this space.

Electronics Trends Pushing Med-Tech

Breakthroughs in med-tech don’t often happen in isolation but are made possible through enabling technologies, like micro molding for example. Developing small, complex devices is only made more challenging by battery requirements, and the need for flexible components and advanced componentry. One panel at MD&M West 2019 Anaheim will be focusing on this topic specifically.

The panelists include Anthony Ng, Senior Engineering Manager in Diabetes R&D at Medtronic; John Rondoni, VP of Product Development at Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.; Chris Zobkiw, Director of Electrical Engineering at Cirtec Medical and Lee Hartley, PhD, CTO at Nalu Medical.

Collectively they will do a deep dive into portable, wearable and implantable med-tech trends, overcoming design and manufacturing challenges, and why selecting proper service providers is key.

You can register for his discussion here.