How can medical device designers and engineers get along?

July 10, 2017 By Chris Newmarker

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Medical device designers are increasingly involved in the earliest stages of the product development process. But with this trend comes a new challenge: How can designers and engineers get along in the medical device creation process?

“Some good collaboration between design teams and engineering teams has really started to change that perspective,” Tom KraMer, founder and CEO of Kablooe Design, said in a podcast with MDO.

“What point is it to make something that works and works well if it is not usable by a human?” said KraMer, whose design firm is based outside Minneapolis.

KraMer explains how medical device developers can overcome this challenge.

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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 [email protected].