TITLE: Making Medical Better through Better Making: Opportunities and Challenges in Medical Innovation from Manufacturing Infrastructure

Summary:  The safety, efficacy, and affordability of modern medical devices rely on over a century of industrial infrastructure development. Creating a new medical device is challenging enough without reinventing manufacturing processes. This presentation will highlight the top 5 manufacturing concepts inventors need to consider early in development, and how manufacturing resources evolve from prototype to clinical units, commercial launch, and beyond.