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• Protect and Shield: RF Wireless Technology in Medical Devices: "Although tremendous inroads have been made, the implanted medical device is just at the beginning of its broad impact on medicine and health," said Glen Griffith, Principal RF Communication Engineer, Alfred Mann Foundation. listen now

  Tags:    Glen Griffith | medical devices | medical device design 01/27/2011  12:00:00 AM EST

• Should We Follow Apple's Example When Designing Medical Devices?: “There is more attention being paid to the consumer, designs are not cold and clinical, very hospital looking. There is definitely a trend to make these almost like consumer devices. If a child needs a diabetic pump they don’t want this very cold looking device on the clip to their belt. They want something that looks cool, like an iPod, its got colour to it or sparkles,” said Sean Fenske, Editor-in-Chief for Medical Design Technology (MDT). listen now

  Tags:    Sean Fenske | Medical Design Technology | medical design 01/10/2011  12:00:00 AM EST

• Combatting Software Compromise of Implantable Medical Devices: Srdjan Capkun, Assistant Professor at the Swiss Federation Institute of Technology, discusses securing access and reprogramming of medical devices. In this interview Capkun defines the problem of secure access and reprogramming of implantable medical devices and addresses the key challenges and risks associated with wireless implants. He also shares his insights on how we can prevent unauthorised access and software compromise, why detecting soft software compromise and recovery are such big issues and why remote software attestation is useful in this. listen now

  Tags:    Srdjan Capkun | medical devices | reprogramming medical devices 11/19/2010  12:00:00 AM EST

• Labelling Compliance for Medical Devices: Wanted Global Harmonisation!: "I hope to see more harmonisation worldwide to limit regulatory burden and focus on what is essential to increase the safety profile of a product, not necessarily just to increase the regulatory burden. Europe is now discussing the recasts, the need for European management agency, we are also discussing how to regulate innovate products, so there are a lot of things going on right now in our region. We see many innovate products coming to the market and we need to find smart systems, intended to ensure safety and fast access to the market of the needed new technology to treat, diagnosis and prevent diseases. What we need therefore is a safe, smart and sustainable system. We should not continue to just increase regulatory burden, without those three principles safe, smart and sustainable in mind. Systems also should be more predictable, to ensure that when industry does invest in areas which are meeting patients and hospital needs, that we are not stopped later on by unknown or unpredictable regulatory requirements," said Peter Schroeer, Director Europe, Quality Systems & Regulatory Affairs at Johnson & Johnson. listen now

  Tags:    Peter Schroeer | medical device packaging | medical device labelling compliance 11/02/2010  12:00:00 AM EDT

• Conducting Effective Clinical Evaluations for Medical Devices: In this podcast Sven Knoke, Quality and Regulatory Affairs Manager at Siemens, speaks to Andrea Charles from Pharma IQ, about conducting effective clinical evaluations for medical devices and achieving market access by executing thorough clinical literature reviews. listen now

  Tags:    Sven Knoke | medical device | medical devices 08/26/2010  12:00:00 AM EDT

• What's Next for the Medical Devices Market? Regulatory Changes: With the increasing evidence-based medicine politics, the medical device market is changing. In this interview with Helen Winsor from Pharma IQ, Danielle Giroud, Founder of the World Medical Device Organisation, offers her viewpoint on the direction the market is moving in. listen now

  Tags:    Danielle Giroud | medical devices | medical device 08/26/2010  12:00:00 AM EDT