Guidelines for Early Stage Innovation in Medical Device Design and Development 

If you’re on a quest to turn a groundbreaking diagnostic concept into a one-of-a-kind, automated, medical masterpiece, you know that every step has to be well-planned and organized. When facilitated correctly, structured collaboration and ideation sessions can be used to generate a wealth of innovative concepts, eventually leading to innovative medical device design and development. In this blog, we’ll provide a few insights on the KMC ideation process for you to consider in your own brainstorming sessions.

Lean production is not a new concept in the manufacturing industry. Today, it is applied throughout our everyday life; we just often don’t recognize it. When done right, lean doesn’t just change the way you manufacture; it is a philosophy that changes the way you think about manufacturing. And it doesn’t only apply to the manufacturing floor... 

Congratulations to KMC Systems - winner of the 2016 PMI NH Project of the Year Award.

Founded in 1969, the Project Management Institute (PMI) delivers value for more than 2.9 million professionals working in nearly every country in the world through global advocacy, collaboration, education and research. Each year, PMI celebrates the best of the best in project management. Their professional awards honor organizations, groups and individuals "whose passion, talent and expertise make the greatest contributions to the project management profession". 

AACC2017 begins July 30 - a little over a month away! There's still time to register for the 69th Annual Scientific Meeting and Clinical Lab Expo. With continual changes in the field, advances in technologies and new discoveries in clinical sciences, this is a key conference for networking, staying up to date on the latest advances, and meeting your next contracting partner. Connect with KMC Systems in San Diego, at AACC booth 5423, to talk about your challenges and achievements this year. 

The Next Generation Dx Summit convenes more than 1,000 international diagnostic professionals for valuable networking and comprehensive programming spanning from clinical diagnostics to business strategy. Use the link and code below to register now and save $200. Be sure to stop by Booth #300 to visit the KMC Systems team in Washington, DC.

Bob Marshall, chief editor of Med Device Online, recently published the fourth article in a series of five about medical device development and FDA approvals. In this article, he addresses the importance of validation and manufacturing transfer in the scheme of preparing for FDA inspections. “You have proven your concept, fully specified your design, and verified that the design output satisfies your design input requirements,” he states, “It is time for the most pivotal portion of the product development life-cycle. I like to call this fourth stage; validation/manufacturing transfer.” He calls this phase the dress rehearsal for commercialization.

When your medical device development project is under pressure to get to market and the project is critical to your company’s success, you'll need a dedicated outsourcing partner who can provide engineering expertise that includes sustaining engineering. How can sustaining engineering ensure successful handoff to manufacturing?  KMC's  executive director of engineering, Scott Leon, weighs in.  

We hope to see you in San Diego for AACC 2017! Every year we look forward to connecting with global leaders in clinical chemistry, molecular diagnostics, mass spectrometry, translational medicine
 and other areas of groundbreaking discoveries in medical and life science innovation. KMC Systems will be at booth 5423. Please stop by!

KMC Systems was proud to participate in Londonderry Middle School's project and submission to the New Hampshire Division of Economic Development's What's So Cool About Manufacturing? Contest. 2017 marks the the third year that New Hampshire middle school students have competed in a "What's So Cool About Manufacturing" contest to investigate, interpret and report on manufacturing in NH.