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Phase Gate Process: Design Control

A structured approach to medical device development following industry best practices and regulatory requirements through five comprehensive phases.

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Phase 1 – Concept / Ideation

Foundation setting with strategic planning and early assessment

  • Project plan, cross-functional core team, and regulatory assessment
  • Marketing description and customer requirements
  • Patent/trademark assessment and early design review
02

Phase 2 – Proof of Concept / Feasibility

Validation of concept with prototypes and testing

  • Design specs, prototypes, tooling, and edge-of-failure testing
  • Biocompatibility, drug/sterility compatibility, DFMEA
  • Manufacturing feasibility and preliminary implementation plan
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Phase 3 – Design & Development

Full-scale development with regulatory preparation

  • Production drawings/tooling, labeling, regulatory submissions
  • Verification & Validation plan, first articles, DOE/min-max studies
  • PFMEA, packaging qualification, training, equipment IQ/OQ
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Phase 4 – Verification & Validation

Comprehensive testing and regulatory readiness

  • Packaging, sterility, software/firmware validation
  • Risk assessment reviews, DHF/DMR, stability and clinical evals
  • Limited launch planning and KPI analysis
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Phase 5 – Post Launch Monitoring

Continuous monitoring and improvement post-launch

  • Market/clinical evaluation, complaints monitoring, quality reports
  • Risk reviews (DFMEA/PFMEA) and stability studies
  • Change control for subsequent updates

Design Control and Compliance

Our comprehensive phase gate process ensures regulatory compliance and quality excellence at every stage.

Design Control and Compliance - Phase Gate Process

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Medical Device Design

Portfolio and Concept

Business case

Clinical review and Human Factors, ISO 62366

Concept development

IP and Patent filing

Device Design

Concept development, rapid prototyping

System design, detailed designs

Key Opinion Leader feedback

Program Management :Phase gated approach

CFR: 820.30 ISO 13485

Core System Engineering

Device Design, Packaging Design

Human Factors and Usability

Sterilization Process Development

Validation and Verification

ISO 62366

ISO 14971

Quality Systems

Design History File

Company registrations

Design and validation

Class I, II, III

510(K), PMA, NDA

Global registrations

Electromechanical and Software Systems

System Level Design

System architecture

Clinical review and Human Factors, ISO 62366

Concept development

User centered concept: Voice Control, Human Touch, Ai

Software Development

Detailed embedded S/W

PCBA layout and fabrication

Mixed signal electronics and Power

C++, Python - - -

Hazard analysis

Quality Systems

Design History File

Automated Test Systems

EMI, Safety Design and validation

HIPAA/GDPR compliance

510(K), PMA, NDA

ISO 62304

Connectivity and Compliance

Digital Surgery and Robotics

Integrated platform

Connected devices

SaMD: Software as a Medical Device

Wearable Devices

End to End Devices

Preoperative: Diagnostic data to core unit

Intraoperative: Core unit to the cloud servers

Postoperative: Mobile custom app, iPAD, email

Total stack solutions

Mobile and Data Connectivity

Mobile app

Cloud platform: AWS, Azure - - -

Sterilization Process Development

Data Analytics

AI/ML

Integrated Solutions

Customer focused

Agile and GIRA

Clinicians and Customers

Continuous improvements

HIPPA, GDPR and Penetration Testing

AI and ML Consulting

Consulting Services

Opportunity Assessment

Identify potential use cases, evaluating their feasibility & impact and prioritizing for development.

AI/ML Adoption Strategy

Develop roadmap to integrate AI/ML solution into business operations and strategy.

AI ML Roadmap and Planning

Involves defining strategy for AI/ML initiatives, identifying use cases, resource allocation.

Strategizing & Architecting Solutions

Designing and planning AI/ML technical architecture considering organization's need.

ML-Ops

Migration

To help businesses modernize their AI infrastructure, optimize performance, and ensure scalability.

Data Engineering and Model development

Model Deployment

Model packaging, deployment strategy and infra set up.

CI/CD & Lifecycle

Pipeline automation, Model Re-training and lifecycle Management.

Monitoring & Security

Drift detection, performance monitoring, Tooling & security.

AI/ML Application Development

Custom AI / ML Solution

Design, develop and deploy solution tailored to client's specific need

Generative AI Solution

RAG, Chatbot, Summarization, Information Retrieval, Search, Content Creation.

Digital Transformation

Automation

Identification of repetitive tasks, processes where manual intervention is required.

Effort Optimization

Identify bottlenecks, inefficient processes, analyze data to uncover problematic area and then implement AI models to optimize.

Contact Healthcare Evolution, Inc.

Email

info@healthcareevolution.com

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Book a strategic planning session to discuss your medical device development needs.

Confidentiality

We respect the sensitive nature of healthcare innovation and are prepared to sign NDAs before detailed technical discussions.