Design Inputs are the king of medical device product development. If a product in the market has issues, I bet the Design Inputs defined during product development were insufficient. Design Inputs are ...

Medical device manufacturers have a bit of latitude in developing a design control system as long as they meet the minimum criteria delineated in the quality system regulation (QSR). The QSR states ...

An experienced circuit-design EE once clarified his view of the hierarchy of IC-vendor design support: High-performance, feature-rich ICs were good, application circuits were better, but complete ...

Identifying constraints explicitly in the design-input document facilitates project management and reduces risk. by Gerald E. Loeb and Frances J. R. Richmond Figure 2. Display window containing ...

Although design verification and design validation have very different meanings, it’s easy for professionals to incorrectly interchange the use of the terms. Here’s a refresher to denote the ...

Design Reviews are intended to be checkpoints in a medical device product development to ensure the product design is safe, effective, and progressing. Design Reviews are also a way to ensure Design ...

The design of a switching power supply has always been considered a blend of magic and art by every engineer that designs one for the first time. Fortunately, today the market offers different tools ...