
The latest thought leadership from our expert teams

The what, why and how of connected medical implant development for personalized delivery of medicine
The medical implant industry is set to grow from $5bn in 2017 to $16.3bn by 2022. But there are tensions to understand and hurdles to overcome for innovators intent on taking advantage.
- Connectivity & IoT
- Digital health
- Product realisation

The future of patient monitoring
Patient monitoring is an inherent part of patient management. Intermittent and continuous measurements have a range of uses, from defining disease states and characterising progression to informing therapeutic approaches and...
- AI & Analytics
- Connectivity & IoT
- Digital health
- Digital security
- Digital service innovation
- Human factors
- Product realisation
- Sensing
- User Experience (UX)

Identifying breakthrough innovations that will transform the supply chain
Products are incorporating increasingly complex technology, putting greater pressure on the supply chain. As a result, gaps are forming and the risk to reputations and revenues is growing through issues such as...
- AI & Analytics
- Connectivity & IoT
- Electronics & ASICs
- Robotics
- Sensing
- Tracking & location

The future of surgical robotics: will you be part of it?
Surgical robotics will have a prosperous short-term future, with most key players expected to introduce laparoscopic surgical robotic systems by 2020. By 2030, the convergence of several technology opportunities, including...
- Robotics

Quantum sensing technology for the life sciences – exploring the potential
Swiss company Qnami, a leader in quantum sensing technology, tasked us with identifying potential applications in the biomedical area where NV magnetometry could provide clinical value and open new commercial avenues.
- AI & Analytics
- Innovation management
- Physical sciences
- Strategic advice

Towards 2040 – A Vision for the Future of Ophthalmology
In October 2022, a select group of thought leaders gathered at Cape Cod, by the shores of the Atlantic Ocean. The special clarity of light that characterizes the Massachusetts peninsula put their ambition into sharp focus. They were there to collaborate, to challenge conventional thinking, and ultimately to shape a realistic vision for the future of ophthalmology...
- Digital health
- Strategic advice

Six innovative Asia medtech start-ups to watch
Asia’s medical technology market is predicted to account for a third of global medical technology sales by 2025. As such, it's a hotbed for start-ups, so here are our six innovative start-ups to watch that are part of this year’s MedTech Innovator cohort.
- Bioinnovation
- Digital health
- Innovation management
- User Experience (UX)

Our Red Dot Design Award winner was shaped by the needs of Parkinson’s patients
We're pleased to share that we’ve won a prestigious Red Dot Design Award for a holistic wearable medical device concept that puts the needs of Parkinson’s patients at the very core of its design.
- Digital health
- Human factors
- Industrial design
- Sensing
- User Experience (UX)

It’s time to put a sustainability vision at the heart of drug delivery product design
Lizzie Thomas presents her case for designing improved, sustainable drug delivery devices. Currently, the approach is dominated at the outset by patient-centricity. This focus means that wider, more long-term implications simply aren’t considered early enough.
- Digital health
- Human factors
- Innovation management
- Strategic advice
- Sustainability

A pioneering diagnostic solution designed to help expectant mothers everywhere
Every year there are 15 million preterm births, a fact that inspired DC Medical's CEO, Dabriel Choi, to start a journey leading to their diagnostic solution for premature birth called EveryBaby.
- Digital health
- Digital service innovation
- Human factors
- User Experience (UX)

Celebrating award-winning design innovation in an underserved area of women’s health
The design and technology teams working in medical technology innovation at Cambridge Consultants are passionate about improving women’s healthcare. We were delighted to welcome to CC Aashi Srivastava, the winner of Cambridge Consultants ‘Excellence in Breakthrough Design’ at the New Designers award ceremony to hear more about her perineal tear recovery kit to aid new Mums.
- Digital health
- Human factors
- Industrial design
- User Experience (UX)

Bring bioelectronic medicine into focus
Seoul based Nu Eyne is a medical device R&D company that is exploring the potential of wearable bioelectronic medicine, or electroceuticals. This is the application of electrical stimulus on the body to induce a biological reaction in order to treat chronic diseases.