The first comprehensive guide to the integration of Design forSix Sigma principles in the medical devices development cycle Medical Device Design for Six Sigma: A Road Map for Safetyand Effectiveness presents the complete body of knowledge forDesign for Six Sigma (DFSS), as outlined by American Society forQuality, and details how to integrate appropriate designmethodologies up front in the design process. DFSS helps companiesshorten lead times, cut development and manufacturing costs, lowertotal life-cycle cost, and improve the quality of the medicaldevices. Comprehensive and complete with real-world examples, thisguide: Integrates concept and design methods such as Pugh ControlledConvergence approach, QFD methodology, parameter optimizationtechniques like Design of Experiment (DOE), Taguchi Robust Designmethod, Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Design for X,Multi-Level Hierarchical Design methodology, and Response Surfacemethodology Covers contemporary and emerging design methods, includingAxiomatic Design Principles, Theory of Inventive Problem Solving(TRIZ), and Tolerance Design Provides a detailed, step-by-step implementation process foreach DFSS tool included Covers the structural, organizational, and technical deploymentof DFSS within the medical device industry Includes a DFSS case study describing the development of a newdevice Presents a global prospective of medical device regulations Providing both a road map and a toolbox, this is a hands-onreference for medical device product development practitioners,product/service development engineers and architects, DFSS and SixSigma trainees and trainers, middle management, engineering teamleaders, quality engineers and quality consultants, and graduatestudents in biomedical engineering.

Six Sigma for Medical Device Design is the first book to apply Six Sigma principles to the design of medical devices. Authored by experienced professionals, it uses real world examples and sample plans to provide a practical how-to guide for implementation. This volume also links the Six Sigma philosophy with the FDA's Design Control and ISO regulations, useful for companies that must be compliant as well as for those in the process of implementing a quality system for design control. This book is an excellent tool for technical and scientific personnel to understand the realities of business and markets, to comply with stringent quality and safety standards, and to optimize the product realization process.

The Practical, Example-Rich Guide to Building Better Systems, Software, and Hardware with DFSS Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) offers engineers powerful opportunities to develop more successful systems, software, hardware, and processes. In Applying Design for Six Sigma to Software and Hardware Systems, two leading experts offer a realistic, step-by-step process for succeeding with DFSS. Their clear, start-to-finish roadmap is designed for successfully developing complex high-technology products and systems that require both software and hardware development. Drawing on their unsurpassed experience leading Six Sigma at Motorola, the authors cover the entire project lifecycle, from business case through scheduling, customer-driven requirements gathering through execution. They provide real-world examples for applying their techniques to software alone, hardware alone, and systems composed of both. Product developers will find proven job aids and specific guidance about what teams and team members need to do at every stage. Using this book’s integrated, systems approach, marketers, software professionals, and hardware developers can converge all their efforts on what really matters: addressing the customer’s true needs. Learn how to Ensure that your entire team shares a solid understanding of customer needs Define measurable critical parameters that reflect customer requirements Thoroughly assess business case risk and opportunity in the context of product roadmaps and portfolios Prioritize development decisions and scheduling in the face of resource constraints Flow critical parameters down to quantifiable, verifiable requirements for every sub-process, subsystem, and component Use predictive engineering and advanced optimization to build products that robustly handle variations in manufacturing and usage Verify system capabilities and reliability based on pilots or early production samples Master new statistical techniques for ensuring that supply chains deliver on time, with minimal inventory Choose the right DFSS tools, using the authors’ step-by-step flowchart If you’re an engineer involved in developing any new technology solution, this book will help you reflect the real Voice of the Customer, achieve better results faster, and eliminate fingerpointing. About the Web Site The accompanying Web site, sigmaexperts.com/dfss, provides an interactive DFSS flowchart, templates, exercises, examples, and tools.

As medical devices increase in complexity, concerns about efficacy, safety, quality, and longevity increase in stride. Introduced nearly a decade ago, Reliable Design of Medical Devices illuminated the path to increased reliability in the hands-on design of advanced medical devices. With fully updated coverage in its Second Edition, this practical guide continues to be the benchmark for incorporating reliability engineering as a fundamental design philosophy. The book begins by rigorously defining reliability, differentiating it from quality, and exploring various aspects of failure in detail. It examines domestic and international regulations and standards in similar depth, including updated information on the regulatory and standards organizations as well as a new chapter on quality system regulation. The author builds on this background to explain product specification, liability and intellectual property, safety and risk management, design, testing, human factors, and manufacturing. New topics include design of experiments, CAD/CAM, industrial design, material selection and biocompatibility, system engineering, rapid prototyping, quick-response manufacturing, and maintainability as well as a new chapter on Six Sigma for design. Supplying valuable insight based on years of successful experience, Reliable Design of Medical Devices, Second Edition leads the way to implementing an effective reliability assurance program and navigating the regulatory minefield with confidence.

This fourth edition is a substantial revision of a highly regarded text, intended for senior design capstone courses within departments of biomedical engineering, bioengineering, biological engineering and medical engineering, worldwide. Each chapter has been thoroughly updated and revised to reflect the latest developments. New material has been added on entrepreneurship, bioengineering design, clinical trials and CRISPR. Based upon feedback from prior users and reviews, additional and new examples and applications, such as 3D printing have been added to the text. Additional clinical applications were added to enhance the overall relevance of the material presented. Relevant FDA regulations and how they impact the designer’s work have been updated. Features Provides updated material as needed to each chapter Incorporates new examples and applications within each chapter Discusses new material related to entrepreneurship, clinical trials and CRISPR Relates critical new information pertaining to FDA regulations. Presents new material on "discovery" of projects "worth pursuing" and design for health care for low-resource environments Presents multiple case examples of entrepreneurship in this field Addresses multiple safety and ethical concerns for the design of medical devices and processes

THE BRIEFCASE BOOKS SERIEs Now translated into 11 languages! This reader-friendly, icon-rich series is must reading for all managers at every level All managers, whether brand new to their positions or well established in the corporate hierarchy, can use a little "brushing up" now and then. The skills-based Briefcase Books series is filled with ideas and strategies to help managers become more capable, efficient, effective, and valuable to their corporations. DESIGN FOR SIX SIGMA Six Sigma has revolutionized the ways in which companies meet and beat today's stringent quality expectations. But achieving Six Sigma results first requires Six Sigma building blocks. Design for Six Sigma unveils a systematic methodology for enabling the design of products, services, and processes to meet Six Sigma quality levels. Designed to be easily read and implemented, this concise Briefcase Book shows managers at all levels how to include Six Sigma at the earliest stages of virtually any manufacturing process. Here are DFSS's techniques for: Optimizing the design process to achieve Six Sigma performance Integrating Six Sigma from the outset of new product development Self-examinations, explanatory sidebars, and chapter-ending checklists

Advocating a user-centered approach to medical technology design, Designing Usability into Medical Products covers the essential processes and specific techniques necessary to produce safe, effective, usable, and appealing medical systems and products. Written by experts on user-centered research, design, and evaluation, the book provides a range o