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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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