Medical Device Link.

Preventive medicine, including detection of conditions before patients show symptoms, is the wave of the future. A diagnostics company is a few steps ahead.

It is one thing to have a radical, innovative technology that can dramatically improve people’s lives. It is another to build a successful business around that technology. But that is what Integra LifeSciences Corp. (Plainsboro, NJ) and Intuitive Surgical Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) have done, and that is what has earned them the honor of being named MD&DI’s Manufacturers of the Year.

From its beginnings as a small firm with an underappreciated technology, the company has transformed into the market leader in neurosurgery.

The firm made a name for itself with its breakthrough robotic surgery system—one of the most sophisticated devices that the operating room has ever seen.

Manufacturers should create devices with refined touchpoints, which give users a better impression.

A unique device identification system requires certain data, data management systems, and data carriers.

As OEMs harness nanotechnology for their devices, effective patent licensing strategies can go a long way.

A robust, built-in surface can be created using self-assembling monolayer end groups.

When seeking redress from big device companies, state attorneys general seem to achieve faster and better results than FDA.

Using informed clinical investigators means a greater chance for successful clinical studies.