Medtech Matters
A podcast focused on the medical device technology industry, from design and development to outsourcing services and relationships to finished medtech products.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 31 minutes
- Episodes
- 154
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
Changing Pathway to Market?
In this Medtech Matters podcast episode of Mike on Medtech with Mike Drues, president of Vascular Sciences, we discuss my lastest Editor’s Letter that appeared in the April issue of MPO. Click here t…
3D Printing Healthcare at the Point of Care
In this Medtech Matters podcast episode of Mike on Medtech with Mike Drues, president of Vascular Sciences, we discuss my lastest Editor’s Letter that appeared in the March issue of MPO. Click here t…
Quality vs. Regulatory
In this Medtech Matters podcast episode of Mike on Medtech with Mike Drues, president of Vascular Sciences, we discuss two terms that are sometimes used interchangeably, but are, in fact, unique in p…
The 'New' Alternative 510k
In this Medtech Matters podcast episode of Mike on Medtech with Mike Drues, president of Vascular Sciences, we discuss a recently announced alternative 510(k) pathway that attempts to trim the time t…
Regulatory Approval Pathway for Biomaterials
In this Medtech Matters podcast episode of Mike on Medtech with Mike Drues, president of Vascular Sciences, we discuss what the implementation of a regulatory approval pathway for biomaterials would …
Pre-Sub with the FDA
In this Medtech Matters podcast episode of Mike on Medtech with Mike Drues, president of Vascular Sciences, we discuss the use of an FDA pre-sub (or pre-submission) prior to making a formal submissio…
Human Factors
In this Medtech Matters podcast episode of Mike on Medtech with Mike Drues, president of Vascular Sciences, we discuss the use of human factors (or ergonomics or useability) in medical device design,…
MDUFA IV and Its Impact on Medtech Innovation
In this Medtech Matters podcast episode of Mike on Medtech with Mike Drues, president of Vascular Sciences, we discuss the passage of MDUFA IV and the changes that are associated with it. Further, we…
Off-Label Use
In this Medtech Matters podcast episode of Mike on Medtech with Mike Drues, president of Vascular Sciences, we discuss many of the concerns and issues involved with the off-label use of a medical dev…
Biomaterials, Biocompatibility, and Bioabsorbable
In this Medtech Matters podcast episode of Mike on Medtech with Mike Drues, president of Vascular Sciences, we discuss the differences between materials and biomaterials, biocompatibility, biofriendl…
3D Printing in Healthcare
In this Medtech Matters podcast episode of Mike on Medtech with Mike Drues, president of Vascular Sciences, we discuss the impact 3D printing has made on the current medical device industry, the chal…
Reimbursement for Engineers
In this Medtech Matters podcast episode of Mike on Medtech with Mike Drues, president of Vascular Sciences, we discuss the significance of reimbursement as it relates to product development. Not all …
Device Incident Reporting
In this Medtech Matters podcast episode of Mike on Medtech with Mike Drues, president of Vascular Sciences, we discuss a recent Editor's Letter that appeared in the March 2017 issue of MPO. In it, I …
Real World Evidence
In this Medtech Matters podcast episode of Mike on Medtech with Mike Drues, president of Vascular Sciences, we discuss the use of real world evidence in the medical device approval process, which has…