Message from Scott
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Welcome to the holiday season! Has a year already gone by since our last December issue?
Enjoy reading and viewing our Most Viewed videos, Most Read blogs, and Most Useful medical device commercialization lessons and tips.
In addition to "Best of" roundups, Rob Fraser's interview with Dr. Arash Kheradvar discusses modular TMVR, crimping, and TAVR durability.
I'd like to wish everyone a happy and healthy holiday! We look forward to bringing you more new voices and medical device insights in 2020.
As always, thanks for reading.
Sincerely,
Scott Phillips
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MEDTECH + MEDICAL DEVICE INSIGHTS
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Top medical device commercialization lessons and tips from our team
We asked our development and commercialization experts to share their top medical device commercialization lessons and tips based upon actual medical device development and commercialization experiences. Their recommendations cover projects from work at StarFish as well as other medical device organizations. Many tips include links to blogs with additional information. Here are 10 ideas to increase your medical device commercialization success in 2020.
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10 most read medical device commercialization blogs of 2019
Two new medical device commercialization blogs and authors joined our 2019 “most read” list. Regulatory and electrical engineering articles tied for most popular topics (4 each). They were joined by biotech and supply chain articles. Many thanks to our employee authors, past and present, for their contributions to medical device excellence.
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Our 10 most viewed medtech videos in 2019
StarFish Medical videos help viewers learn about medical device design, development and manufacturing. The top 10 viewed Starfish Medical videos for 2019 include 2 new videos debuting at #6 and #9.
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How ERP benefits medical device commercialization
Think unique challenges from FDA and CFR requirements, regulations, and standards.
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Are you using a requirements-based PCB enclosure selection process?
Avoid wasting time trying to find the optimal PCB enclosure.
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Dr. Arash Kheradvar discusses modular TMVR, crimping, and TAVR durability
Dr. Arash Kheradvar founded KLAB in 2007 aiming to devise solutions in cardiovascular fundamental and translational research areas. KLAB is currently part of the Edwards Lifesciences Center for Advanced Cardiovascular Technology at UC Irvine. Rob Fraser, ViVitro Labs, recently connected with Dr. Kheradvar to congratulate him on his new book, Principles of Heart Valve Engineering, and learn more about current KLAB research.
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U of T Designathon 2020
StarFish Medical is a Bronze sponsor and exhibitor at U of T Designathon 2020, the first designathon at the University of Toronto. The Designathon is a weekend long, annual competition where university students develop solutions to real-life design problems. The 2020 Designathon will be held in January.
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LifeSciences BC 1st Annual Career Connect Day
LSBC's first annual Career Connect Day is presented by BioTalent Canada. This event will help connect life sciences companies and organizations from across the sector with access to talent. The event will be held at the Sheraton Wall Centre and will allow attendees to network for four hours. January 18, 2020 @ 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM, Vancouver BC Full Agenda Here.
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CIRQUE 2020
StarFish Medical will sponsor and present a workshop at the CIRQUE 2020 Conference on Industry and Resources - Queen's University Engineering on January 24-25, 2020 in Kingston, Canada. CIRQUE strives to connect motivated, intelligent engineering students with compelling speakers from a broad cross-section of modern industry.
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Director of Systems Administration (Operational Systems) (Victoria)
Define and deliver technology solutions and capabilities across this high growth, fast-paced enterprise. In this new role, the Director, as part of the senior management team will collaborate to design the technology systems that will enable the organization to continue to grow.
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Program Manager (Victoria)
We are searching for a mission-oriented Program Manager to help our team of Senior Project Managers, Project Managers and Project Engineers anticipate problems and define solutions to existing challenges.
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Deborah Pinchev was a panelist with Health Canada regulators, Colin Foster and Patrick Assouad, at the University of Waterloo’s CBB Health Canada Regulation and Consultation.
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Scott Phillips, Awni Ayoubi, Laetitia MacDougall, and Manik Saini at EIT Go Global Delegation Workshop in Vancouver BC.
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Scott Phillips with Carolyn Cross and Nicolas Loebel of Ondine Biomedical Inc. at the LifeSciences BC Investor Summit by Lumira Ventures in Vancouver.
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Andrew Holman of Inmedix demonstrates device measuring heart rate variability with Alexander Shvartsberg and Scott Parsons at Toronto office.
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StarFish ME co-op, Zachariah Mears, describes a university project with the Rocket Club team he mentors at Waterloo University.
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Alec Lillis speaks with a participant at Biotec 2019, the Biotechnology and Bioengineering Conference at University of Waterloo.
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Azra Rajwani raised funds to combat poverty in Africa and Asia at Battle Pong event with VIATEC.
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Nick Allan presents a lecture on the utility of analytical chemistry in medical device design and product development to the CHEM 212 class at University of Victoria.
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Katherine Elvira, Wendy Hurlburt, and John Walmsley at the launch of Collaborative Partnership in Open Innovation between University of Victoria and LEO Pharma.
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Jeremy Wulff, John Walmsley,and Niclas Nilsson at the launch of Collaborative Partnership in Open Innovation between University of Victoria and LEO Pharma.
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Sweet listening! Brittany King and Chris Palliser from Virgin Radio Mornings surprised Deanna Wilson with a basket full of candy for our Victoria office.
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Jess Hickman reconnects with former colleague, Meredith Campbell-Jess, at #disrupthryyj.
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Ash Luft spoke about “The Rise of the Internet of Medical Things” at “The Humans of Security” BC Security Day Conference.
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Andy and Laura dig in at the Great Pasta cook-off for Mustard Seed foodbank.
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Tavish Rai and Janos Farkas from Abstract Developments delivered a pickup truck full of food for our Mustard Seed food drive. Ginny was happy to accept!
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Virginia and Brian enjoy samples from the great chili cook off for Mustard Seed.
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Scott, Vanessa and Alex get ready to sample the Toronto cook-off entries in a Canadian Cancer Society fundraiser.
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Decisions, decisions. Jurgen attacks the Toronto buffet table.
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Raising funds for Canadian Cancer Society in Toronto with a charity cook-off.
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Festival of Trees fundraising event for BC Children's Hospital. Congrats to team StarFish (Luke, Trevor, Santa, Jean, and Vlad) for winning Judge's Choice award.
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