How Domico Med-Device Helps Engineers

Engineers are unsung heroes in medicine, developing incredible imaging technologies that allow caregivers to peer deep into the human body and lending the insights needed to drive better healthcare outcomes. Domico Med-Device’s expertise in manufacturing and patient positioning helps engineers achieve market success.

Common Challenges for Medical Device Engineers

Engineers and OEMs report the following common challenges.

• Supply chain issues: Supply chain issues can delay and derail projects, risking profits when competitors win the race to market or due to an inability to meet demand
• Material selection: Material expertise is critical, as materials affect manufacturability, costs, supply chain, functionality, durability, and patient comfort
• Manufacturability and scalability: Poor manufacturability inflates costs and decreases efficiency, while an inability to scale makes it impossible to economically meet demand
• Testing and regulatory: Testing and regulatory challenges delay time to market and can risk projects altogether
• Patient positioning: Caregivers won’t adopt technology if patients are uncomfortable and unable to remain stationary long enough to obtain quality images

How Domico Med-Device Solves Engineer Challenges

Domico Med-Device works closely with engineers and OEMs, leveraging our patient interfacing expertise alongside broad manufacturing capabilities to bring profitable products to market.

• We design solutions that seamlessly integrate with technology: Engineers make the technology. We make it comfortable and pain-free for patients, enabling high quality images and increasing the likelihood of caregiver adoption
• We design for manufacturability: We tap into our vast network of suppliers to solve supply chain issues and identify the most cost-effective, high-performance materials for a given application. Then, we develop manufacturing processes that accelerate production at scale and minimize waste
• We assist with design requirements and regulatory documentation: We can assist with the testing required to verify design requirements and we can complete the risk documentation required to ensure safe and effective products

Engineer Benefits

• Reduce costs
• Accelerate time to market
• Manufacture at scale
• Maximize ROI

Examples

• Baby Incubator Pads: Facing compliance issues due to revised EU and Medical Device Remediation (MDR) requirements, a major medical manufacturer turned to Domico to redesign its popular baby incubator pads. We worked alongside the manufacturer to develop a new, easy-to-clean pad that wouldn’t allow fluid to ingress and met the updated regulatory requirements – without disrupting production
• Surgical Tables: An innovative OEM designed a revolutionary multi-accessory surgical table that had the ability to identify which accessory was mounted to it. Domico developed the attachment device that allowed the table to recognize which accessory was in place and ensured that the device met or exceeded the full system's weight requirement
• MRI Coil: An OEM’s engineers designed a new MRI coil to enhance imageability and improve image quality, but the coil was painful for patients. We assisted the engineers by providing a comfort solution that met the needs of the patient and the imaging system, increasing the likelihood of caregiver adoption

Let’s Improve Lives, Together

Domico Med-Device works with engineers to bring successful products to market. Contact us to see how we can help make your vision a reality.