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How to develop catheters and minimally invasive surgical devices

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Developing innovative catheters and minimally invasive surgical devices is hard. These strategies spur inventive solutions and unlock the path to success.

Don Baumgarten, Product Creation Studio

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Minimally invasive knee surgery [iStock photo courtesy of Product Creation Studio]
Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) offers compelling benefits compared to traditional open surgery, such as faster patient recovery, reduced risk of infection and lower healthcare costs. To improve MIS capabilities, medical device companies are continually working to advance catheter and device technologies and bring new products to market.

Developing those innovative products is a formidable task. By their very nature, MIS devices have small working elements, which greatly complicates development. The miniaturization of mechanisms, electrical modules and diverse technologies is technically difficult work. Engineering teams can quickly find themselves facing seemingly impossible challenges.

Go to Medical Design & Outsourcing and discover strategies to make inventive breakthroughs possible in these difficult development efforts.

About Chris Newmarker

Chris Newmarker is the executive editor of WTWH Media life science's news websites and publications including MassDevice, Medical Design & Outsourcing and more. A professional journalist of 18 years, he is a veteran of UBM (now Informa) and The Associated Press whose career has taken him from Ohio to Virginia, New Jersey and, most recently, Minnesota. He’s covered a wide variety of subjects, but his focus over the past decade has been business and technology. He holds bachelor’s degrees in journalism and political science from Ohio State University. Connect with him on LinkedIn or email at cnewmarker@wtwhmedia.com.