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AI/ML Regulatory Masterclass from Orthogonal, UCLA Biodesign and HealthXL

AI & machine learning, FDA

Event Description: For over 10 years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) have been radically impacting every industry. Yet it still sometimes seems like it should be so difficult to bring AI and ML to market as a component of FDA-regulated medical devices. Given how deep AI has penetrated into many other industries outside […]

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FDA Software Precertification: A Working Guide for Medical Device Companies 

FDA, SaMD

Recent years, we have seen digital health technologies moving toward rapid adoption in the United States. Yet, Software as a Medical Device (SaMD), mobile medical devices, digital therapeutics (DTx), and Device manufacturers with artificial intelligence (AI) components are often anxious about the lengthy and detailed process of the existing FDA’s premarket review for medical devices. […]

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When Should Your Connected Medical Device Support Bluetooth 5.0?

bluetooth, FDA, SaMD

Bluetooth 5.0 introduces a number of upgrades in speed, security and range to previous versions of Bluetooth. Yet many consumers still don’t have Bluetooth 5.0 compatible smartphones.  In this article, we take a closer look at Bluetooth 5.0 support across today’s most popular mobile devices (Apple and Android), and offer those in the medical device […]

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Cloud Computing in Medical Devices: Safe, Compliant, Effective. How?

cloud, FDA, medical device software development

The cloud is eating the world, including medical devices. As of early 2020, worldwide cloud infrastructure service revenue was over $96 billion, with the combined market share of the three largest vendors, Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, at approximately 60%.  Cloud revenues of these three vendors have grown by over 50% per year since 2013. Part […]

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Agile in an FDA Regulated Environment

agile, FDA

How do you get the benefits of agile while maintaining quality and regulatory compliance?

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Four Success Factors for Accelerating Digital Health Solutions

digital health, FDA, SaMD

Executive Summary This is the fourth and final blog in our late spring/early summer series titled “Sinking, Swimming, or Surfing: COVID-19 and The Great Acceleration of Digital Health.” In this article, we discuss four critical success factors for digital health solutions. Success Factor #1—Don’t get stuck in Flatland: Think in terms of “And,” not “Or.” […]

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White Paper: Smartphone Market Analysis for Software as a Medical Device

bluetooth, FDA, SaMD

The move towards a highly interconnected, IoT-driven healthcare industry has made the development of mobile health applications, connected medical devices, and software as a medical device (SaMD) essential for companies looking to stay ahead of the curve. Smartphone applications, in particular, are at the forefront of the shift in how care is being delivered. With […]

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Orthogonal Congratulates Nanowear on their SimplECG™ FDA Clearance

FDA

Nanowear, a venture-backed nanotechnology startup and Orthogonal client, has successfully developed a remote diagnostic monitoring device embedded in undergarments to monitor cardiac activity.

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Human Factors Engineering & FDA Guidance

FDA, Human Factors & UX

In February 2016, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued Human Factors Engineering Guidance documents.

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10 Myths About Agile and the FDA

agile, FDA, medical device software development

Myth: Verification and Validation should only start after all development is complete.  Truth:  In traditional waterfall, verification and validation activities often commence at the tail end of a project, after all, development is complete.  This diverges from the FDA’s recommendations: “The FDA does recommend that software validation and verification activities be conducted throughout the entire […]

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Agile Without Fast Feedback is Not Agile

agile, FDA, medical device software development

This post was previously on the Pathfinder Software site. Pathfinder Software changed its name to Orthogonal in 2016. Read more. Agile methodology has been adapted to the medical device industry to incorporate risk management, human factors and verification and validation so that it satisfies both the letter and the spirit of the FDA’s Quality System […]

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