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This Designer Pulse survey captures the perceptions of medical device developers about design goals, biggest challenges, most important skills and the use of mobile technology.
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Designer PulseMedical Device Developers Survey
January, 2014
Sponsored by eInfochips
Designer Pulse
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This survey is part of the Designer Pulse research program designed to keep tabs on the pulse of the design engineering community.
Designer Pulse survey results are shared with the engineering community on the eInfochips and IT Brand Pulse pages at slideshare.com.
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IT Pro Survey Methodology
• The IT Pro Survey was conducted in January, 2014.– Respondents were solicited from more than 600 members of our medical device designers
database and from our LinkedIn medical device designers groups membership totaling around 250,000 members.
– 35 medical device design professionals completed this survey.– Responses were collected using an online survey engine.
• The survey was segmented into four sections:– Participant Profile– Medical Device Design– Development Platforms– Critical Engineering Expertise
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Selected Organizations Represented
MicroPort Orthopedics Inc.3MInvacare Corp.St. Jude MedicalIDEXX LaboratoriesCR BardMPE Inc.Hill-Rom
B. Braun Medical Inc.Hologic Inc.ZimmerTerumo Cardiovascular GroupBaxter HealthcareEli LillyToshiba Medical
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Highlights
• About the Respondents – 83% of respondents have over five years in developing medical devices and 60% have over ten years.
• Design Goals – From two different answer sets, respondents were asked what was the most important design goal. In one question respondents chose reliability (51.6%), in another they chose increasing the efficiency of doctors and hospital staff (36%). Reliability in service was still strongly indicated, garnering 29% of the vote.
• Most critical to success - Out innovating competition was noted as, the most critical thing to success for device designers (41.9%). After out-innovating, 42% of respondents chose cutting costs or TTM (reducing design costs - 19.4%, reducing time to market - 12.9%, and reducing production costs - 9.7%).
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Summary Analysis
• Biggest challenge - The biggest challenge in completing development of new medical devices was indicated to be regulatory compliance. (35.5%)
• What makes a product special – Overwhelmingly medical device designers perceive it is the combination of software and hardware design that make their products special (61.5%).
• Most valuable skill - System design was the most often chosen as the most valuable skill to medical device design (34.6%)
• Mobility - The usage of mobile a OS for medical devices is expected to grow 3x in the next 36 months, while the number devices using a mobile GPµ is expected to increase 2.5x.
• Wearable devices – The number of wearable devices is expected to double in the next 36 months.
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Your title or job description is best described as:
oftware Engineer
Firmware Engineer
ASIC Engineer
Test Engineer
Engineering VP/CTO
Packaging Engineer
Hardware Engineer
Engineering Director
Other (please specify)
Engineering Manager
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
3%
3%
23%
31%
40%
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Which of the following segments does your company produce medical devices in? (select all that apply)
Diagnostics
Implantables/Infusion System
Homecare
Monitoring
Surgical Instrument
Other (please specify)
Lab Instruments
Telemedicine
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45%
40.9%
37.1%
34.3%
28.6%
28.6%
20.0%
14.3%
11.4%
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In which segment of Medical devices do you have expertise in? (select all that apply)
Implantables/Infusion System
Diagnostics
Monitoring
Other (please specify)
urgical Instrument
Homecare
Lab Instruments
Telemedicine
0% 5% 10%15%20%25%30%35%40%45%50%
42.9%
34.3%
25.7%
22.9%
20.0%
20.0%
20.0%
8.6%
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The medical devices manufactured by your company are used in the following medical specialties (select all the apply)
General Hospital
Cardiovascular
Orthopedic
Radiology
General and Plastic Surgery
Anesthesiology
Ear, Nose, and Throat
Gastroenterology and Urology
Hematology
Obstetrical and Gynecological
Dental
Immunology
Pathology
Physical Medicine
Chemistry
Ophthalmic
Microbiology
Neurology
Other (please specify)
Toxicology
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
51.4%34.3%34.3%
31.4%25.7%
20.0%17.1%17.1%17.1%17.1%
14.3%14.3%14.3%14.3%
11.4%11.4%
8.6%8.6%8.6%
5.7%
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How many years of experience do you have developing Medical Devices?
Less than 1
1 to 5
5 to 10
10 to 20
20 to 30
30 to 40
more than 40
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40%
2.9%
14.3%
22.9%
37.1%
20.0%
2.9%
0.0%
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What is the most important design goal for the medical devices you work on?
Reliability
Leading edge feature set
Inventing a feature that did not exist before
Time to market
Other (please specify)
Cost
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
51.6%
25.8%
12.9%
6.5%
3.2%
0.0%
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What is the most important design goal for the medical devices you work on?
Improving efficiency of the doctor and/or hospital staff members
Provide reliable services
Ease the effort of the doctor patient
Easing anxiety/stress encountered by patients
Save time for the doctor and/or patient
Other (please specify)
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40%
35.5%
29.0%
19.4%
9.7%
3.2%
3.2%
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Product engineering at my company will expand in the following medical device market segments (select all that apply)?
Homecare
Diagnostics
Wearable devices
Monitoring
Surgical Instrument
Implantables/Infusion System
mHealth mobile applications
Telemedicine
Lab Instruments
Other (please specify)
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45%
38.7%
32.3%
29.0%
29.0%
25.8%
25.8%
22.6%
19.4%
19.4%
6.5%
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Our biggest challenge in completing development of new medical devices is?
Regulatory Compliance
Replicating all use case scenarios
Design Verification Test Development
Software Development
Software Based Control
Other (please specify)
Hardware Design
UI Development
Well defined Architecture
Production Test Automation
High Quality Marketing Requirements
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40%
35.5%
19.4%
12.9%
9.7%
6.5%
6.5%
3.2%
3.2%
3.2%
0.0%
0.0%
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By which year will your company derive revenue from some type of wearable medical device?
We already get revenue from wearable devices
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
Never
Other (please specify)
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40%
22.6%
3.2%
3.2%
9.7%
6.5%
3.2%
35.5%
16.1%
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How important is medical device security for you?
Very important
Important
Critically important
Not very Important
Not Important at all
Other (please specify)
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50%
45.2%
25.8%
19.4%
6.5%
3.2%
0.0%
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What does telemedicine mean to you?
Ability to assist patients from a remote location
Ability to diagnose and prescribe medication remotely
Ability of doctors to communicate remotely with patients
Enabling mobility of doctors to move within hospital premises
Other (please specify)
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45%
38.7%
29.0%
16.1%
6.5%
9.7%
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What is most critical to your success of your medical device designs in the future?
Continuing to out-innovate our compe-tition
Transitioning to products tailored for the mobile health (mHealth) era
Improving quality
Lowering product cost to compete globally
Lowering development costs to compete globally
Reducing our time to market
Other (please specify)
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45%
41.90%
3.20%
9.70%
19.40%
9.70%
12.90%
4.50%
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We use the following operating systems in our medical devices (select all that apply)
Windows
Other (please specify)
Linux
Android
VxWorks
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
59.3%
37.0%
25.9%
25.9%
7.4%
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Percent of our medical devices that will ship with a mobile operating system
today
in 12 months
in 24 months
in 36 months
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35%
10.9%
18.3%
23.8%
29.5%
3X
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What processor platform is your company currently working on?
Intel Processor Core
Other (please specify)
ARM Core
TI Processor Core
Qualcomm Processor Core
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45%
40.7%
33.3%
25.9%
0.0%
0.0%
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Percent of our medical devices that will ship with a general purpose mobile processor
today
in 12 months
in 24 months
in 36 months
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35%
13.10%
21.70%
26.20%
31.10%
2X
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Percent of our medical devices that will be wearable
today
in 12 months
in 24 months
in 36 months
0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10% 12% 14% 16%
6.10%
7.40%
10.70%
13.50%
2X
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What part of your medical device's design makes it stand out most?
Both Hardware Design and Software Design
Hardware Design
Software Design
Other
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
61.50%
15.40%
11.50%
11.50%
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Which set of technical skills and experience are most important to the success of your medical devices?
System Design
Other
Application Software Engineering
Test Engineering
OS Software Engineering
Firmware Design
Chip Design
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40%
34.6%
19.2%
15.4%
15.4%
7.7%
7.7%
0.0%
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Engineers with this technical skill and experience are most highly compensated
System Design
Application Software Engineering
Firmware Design
OS Software Engineering
Other
Chip Design
Test Engineering
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
65.40%
26.90%
19.20%
11.50%
11.50%
3.80%
0.00%
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I want to receive the results of this and future medical device developer surveys?
YES
NO
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%
76.00%
24.00%
About the Authors
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Shane Walsh, IT Brand PulseA graduate of California State University, San Marcos, Shane Walsh is an analyst who conducts technology research and authors industry analysis for IT Brand Pulse.
Renjith Ponnappan, eInfochipsA product manager responsible for medical device development, Renjith has a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics & Communication from R. V. College of Engineering, Bangalore, an M.S. in Digital Signal and Image Processing from Ramaiah School of Advanced Studies, and a Master of Science (MSc) in Business Administration and Management from Essec Business School Paris.