In this episode of GuideWire, Devin Hubbard and other FastTraCS team members reflect on what they have tried in the past that worked well or not, and things that are still works in progress to uncover and solve high-impact, unmet medical needs. Also, they predict what’s coming in 2021 for medical device innovation.  

Today’s Topics Include:

• What has worked, was better than expected, or abandoned to move onto next idea?
• Clinical Advisory Group: Enriching to get direct, constant engagement and feedback
• Growing Pains: Engineers and physicians learn to work together and communicate
• Sprints to Solutions: Simply try, accept different outcomes, and avoid analysis paralysis
• COVID: Push processes outside traditional comfort zone to deal w/ less ideal situations
• Observation Collaboration: When’s the right time and place to use it?
• What needs to be done? How quickly and crappy? Data collecting, positioning devices
• What’s worth pursuing? Intermediate projects, products, achievements, unmet needs
• Hippocratic Oath: Have no fear, be safe, avoid risks, even if you don’t know everything

Links and Resources:

Devin Hubbard

FastTraCS Team

Gabe Li on LinkedIn

Dr. Alan Rosenbaum

FastTraCS

GuideWire Email

GuideWire Podcast on Twitter

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Quotes:

“Embrace the crappiness.” Director Shawn Gomez

“What is good enough? Lessen your threshold for action.” Prototype and Design Engineer Nabil Khan

COVID/PPE Space: “Just do it mentality.” Devin Hubbard

“Having people who are willing to sort of discuss and argue and sort of push why things are done the way they are is really helpful.” Director Shawn Gomez