Category: Analysis

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Worlds first in corrosion monitoring – Collaboration between CDP and Ion Science creates breakthrough in industrial sensing

27 Jun 2018

27 June 2018 – A world first in corrosion monitoring has been created from a collaboration between technology and product design firm Cambridge Design Partnership (CDP) and gas detection specialist Ion Science. The new patented Hydrosteel 6500 all-temperature probe is the world’s first for multipoint hydrogen flux corrosion monitoring in extreme environments – providing…

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Making sense of sensors

25 Jun 2018

I recently attended a talk on the topic of sensor miniaturisation. Specifically, it covered the challenges of directly integrating electronics into the constituent materials of everyday objects and structures. The aim of this research is to be able to extract data about chemical and mechanical properties of objects during their…

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The next step in innovative medicines manufacturing

21 Jun 2018

This month’s Manufacturing Medicines Industry Partnership (MMIP) conference – Propelling growth: taking the next step in innovative medicines manufacturing – took place at an exciting time for the pharma industry. Advanced therapies (ATs) – such as cell therapies in which patients are treated with living cells – have been under development for…

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MAKING A SPLASH Time-critical CDP software development helps Speedo make waves in swim tracking

18 Jun 2018

18 June 2018 – Swimmers across the globe have a new level of activity tracking at their fingertips following a collaboration between digital technology and product design firm Cambridge Design Partnership (CDP) and leading international swimwear brand Speedo. CDP has created a swim tracking algorithm for a new generation of…

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Why healthcare professionals deserve a good user experience

15 Jun 2018

Any company wants their customers to covet and love their products or services because this is the way to becoming the market leader. But for products used by healthcare professionals (HCPs) in a clinical setting, usability is traditionally associated with safety. With so many regulations to meet, delighting the user…

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The real question that drives insight and innovation

18 May 2018

Almost 10 years ago, two entrepreneurs returned to their alma mater to talk about their latest venture – an app. Only two years earlier, the iPhone had launched and the App Store ecosystem had been born. With this new technology came a flood of apps. While others used insight to…

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How embracing MDSAP could help your business

16 May 2018

The Medical Device Single Audit Programme (MDSAP) is starting to gain acceptance in the medical device industry. The outcome of more than five years of work by regulatory bodies from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Japan and the US, MDSAP allows a recognised auditing organisation to conduct a single audit of a…

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Predicting the future using patents

15 May 2018

It’s all too easy to see patents as a barrier to innovation – telling us all the things we cannot do. Yet in fact they can hold the key to success. Patterns within global patents are full of rich insight which can lead to new market opportunities and compelling product…

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Innovating disruptive products within all health and wellness

9 May 2018

Most of us don’t take action often enough when it comes to improving our health. For many, the standard of care is bare bones: we find the time to schedule a visit to the doctor, listen attentively for the few minutes the doctor is speaking, and then implement the one…

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Defining a strategy for design history file remediation

30 Apr 2018

When pharmaceutical companies launch a new product, often it is a combination of a new drug in an existing, proven delivery device. Because all new pharma products have full regulatory scrutiny, it is important to make sure the medical device design history file (DHF) is up to date and meets…

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Shining a light on photomedicine

24 Apr 2018

Light has become a powerful medical tool. Continuing advances in the understanding of biological interactions with light, and newly developing light technologies, have given rise to a wide range of light-based therapies. As a physicist, I use light to study and modify the properties of materials down to the nanoscale.…

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Breathing new life into clinical outcomes

18 Apr 2018

The rise of connected devices and the variety of information they can generate is set to drive an increase in patient adherence to therapies. Our trials have shown that remote and hidden sensing of actual user behaviour can uncover unexpected and significant opportunities to improve the patient experience.So how can…