The STARTUP Medical Device Journey

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MEDTECH-QCS provides Quality & Compliance Solutions for Effective Product Development.

Accelerating your medical device from concept to commercialization. We partner with start-ups through every phase of product realization to build compliant, market-ready technology without slowing down innovation.

Medical device start-ups face unique pain points: limited budgets, strict investor timelines, and a fear that "quality systems" will choke their speed.

Industry data shows that the majority of startup companies never make it to market!

Refer to our research and Article on these stats and MedTech Death Valley.

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We truly understand why the timing and extent of the QMS needs to be balanced, timed, and scaled to meet the different requirements for each new product and Customer.

Article - MedTech Death Valley
Group of six people in a meeting room, one man presenting a whiteboard with a flowchart about developing a robotic device, a robotic arm on the table, laptops, notebooks, and a plant on the table.

How we Help:

We help and guide you through Design Control Phase Gates:

  • 🟦 Phase 1: Concept & Feasibility

    • Initial regulatory strategy, classification, and identifying early-stage design requirements to avoid dead-end engineering.

  • 🟦 Phase 2: Design & Development

    • Establishing the Design History File (DHF), design controls, risk management (ISO 14971), and software validation.

  • 🟦 Phase 3: Verification & Validation (V&V)

    • Test protocol development, managing external lab testing, human factors/usability engineering, and design reviews.

  • 🟦 Phase 4: Regulatory Submission & Launch

    • 510(k) compiling, QMS implementation (scaled for start-ups), production scale-up, and FDA registration.

YOUR PARTNER in new PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT - QUALITY and COMPLIANCE SOLUTIONS

At MedTech QCS we truly understand the challenges that a startup company faces with bringing a new product to market, we have been part of the effort and journey many times, and we are here to support and help make that effort a successful journey for your company.

As you know all too well, it’s not just the technical element and IP but also the financial challenge, Mfg. - Supplier requirements, and Regulatory Compliance elements that all have to come together.

We have developed a diagram to help our clients visualize the challenging combination and critical timing of the:

  • Product Realization Phase Gates

  • FDA 510(k) Process

  • FDA QMSR / ISO13485:2016 IBR

See the diagram below -

PROVIDED SERVICES:

  • GUIDANCE

  • PLANNING

  • BUDGET ANALYSIS

  • PROJECT MANAGEMENT

  • RESOURCES

  • QMS DEVELOPMENT

  • EXPERT INVOLVEMENT

  • TRAINING

  • DESIGN CONTROL APPLICATION

  • TEST PLANNING / FACILITATION

  • TASK COMPLETION

  • FRACTIONAL SUPPORT

  • DOCUMENT CREATION

  • COMPLIANCE CHECKS

  • 510(k) SUPPORT

  • PRODUCTLAUNCH

  • SCALEUP

Diagram of the medical device design and development phase-gate process, showing various phases from concept to market launch, including pre-submission, design, verification, validation, transfer, and product launch, with associated activities and regulatory steps outlined.

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