Developing Health-care Trends Influence Medical Device Design

Changes in how health care is delivered are ratcheting up the importance of industrial design in the process of developing new medical devices, according to Aidan Petrie, co-founder and chief innovation officer for design firm Ximedica LLC.

Additionally, a push to find more environmentally friendly solutions is causing firms such as his to consider such factors as how much energy is expended in processing certain resins such as polycarbonate.