Should You Develop an Implantable Medical Device or a Wearable?

Advances in both medtech wearables and implantables are supporting healthcare outside the clinical setting. “One of the great things about the wearables and implantables on the market today is that, for the most part, they are meant to be used outside of the clinical setting,” Ben Zwillinger, senior human factors engineer at Product Creation Studio, told MD+DI. “These products have allowed patients to not only have better outcomes but improve their quality of life by taking the treatment and integrating it into their daily life.”
So, for some innovators developing a medtech product, the choice may no longer be between clinical or hospital use, but between wearable or implantable. “As technology continues to advance, there are opportunities for medical devices to be developed as either a wearable or implantable solution,” said Zwillinger.
At MD&M West 2020, Zwillinger and Scott Thielman, chief technology officer at Product Creation Studio, will explore the options in the session, “Wearables vs. Implantables: The Battle for User Adoption.”
“We will present a framework to help companies and engineers determine what type of solution to develop,” Zwillinger said. “We will also provide some insight into where we think the implantable/wearable market is going in the future...

Source: MDDI - February 5, 2020 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Daphne Allen Tags: Design Source Type: news