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antonica jones
Package deal: positive packaging
Medical devices should improve lives, but packaging often fails to enhance the products it encases. How can designers, who are often constrained by tight budgets, devise something protective that also creates positive experiences? Dr Javier de la Fuente from California Polytechnic State University shares his top tips.
Wear your heart on your sleeve: wearable wellness
Rapidly evolving sensor technology has enabled dramatic growth in wearable wellness products. Deepak Prakash, global director, digital health, Vancive Medical Technologies, reflects on the devices that are changing healthcare.
Safety first: protective packaging
Outbreaks like West Africa’s recent Ebola crisis often require used medical devices to be transported within countries and across international borders, so it is vital that packaging preserves the integrity of materials and prevents contamination. David Creighton, regulatory and training manager at Saf-T-Pak, explains how to conform to safety regulations and minimise risk.
Hacked to death: the dangers of devices
Modern medical devices are increasingly at risk of malicious manipulation by hackers. Professor Boaz Ganor, the founder/executive director of the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism, and Dr Miri Halperin Wernli, Actelion Pharmaceuticals’ deputy head of global clinical development, uncover the susceptibility of the industry to cyber-threats, and how OEMs can best protect themselves and their patients.