
The latest thought leadership from our expert teams

Surgical navigation: democratizing surgery by 2030?
Cambridge Consultants recently brought together some of the brightest names and biggest companies in the medical device industry, to explore how surgical navigation can democratize surgery in the future and to envision the surgical navigation ecosystem of 2030.
- Industrial design
- Product realisation
- Robotics

What to expect at CES - tech for insights and trials, not just for products
It’s that CES time of year again and alongside the latest technology and product launches, I think 2019 will be the year we see much greater use of tech for insights and trials.
- Industrial design
- Product realisation
- Sensing

Bringing desirability to medical devices
The recent launch of the Apple Watch Series 4 is the latest example of a device developed by a traditional consumer product company making a well-publicized entry into the patient-facing medical device market. Patient-facing devices...
- Digital health
- Electronics & ASICs
- Human factors
- Industrial design
- Mechanical engineering
- Product realisation
- User Experience (UX)

Generic inhalers: beyond reverse engineering
Many of the dominant pharmaceutical companies operate partly, or wholly, in the generic drugs market. In 2016, the generics divisions of Teva, Mylan and Novartis all reported revenues in excess of $9bn with the top ten manufacturers...
- Human factors
- Industrial design
- Mechanical engineering
- Product realisation
- Strategic advice

Next generation Elpenhaler® development
Elpenhaler® is ELPEN’s propriety classic DPI device, developed to administer various medications for the treatment of asthma and COPD (Figure 1). Each dose of medication is packed into the blister of an alu-alu strip..
- Human factors
- Industrial design
- Product realisation
- User Experience (UX)

Demanufacturing and recycling electric bikes
Demanufacturing and recovery of the embedded raw materials in the battery, electric motor and control unit could address some of the issues the electric bike parts suppliers are facing.
- Industrial design
- Mechanical engineering
- Strategic advice

Cool under heat: a device development story
From idea to product concept. Stuart Watson charts the twists and turns in the story of the 'Cool Device'. Increasing the quality of our lives, as much as their duration, is an active area of technology innovation and investment...
- Industrial design
- Mechanical engineering
- User Experience (UX)

Age related change and how technology can help us achieve lifelong health
We’re all aware that we’re getting older and that our population is living longer. But what are we doing about it? How are we adapting and learning to plan for lifelong health? If we’re honest, many individuals are probably...
- Fluids & thermodynamics
- Industrial design
- Innovation management
- Mechanical engineering

Nintendo Switch: real-world wireless visualisation
It’s well understood that the number of connected devices will grow exponentially over the coming years. The most disruptive innovation will see connectivity introduced to traditional non-wireless products, or elements of products...
- Connectivity & IoT
- Industrial design
- Radio systems

Engineering with bioplastics
PHAs provide us with a vast range of potential properties from biodegradable plastics. Can engineers now just specify biodegradable plastics in all their products?
- Industrial design
- Mechanical engineering
- Physical sciences

Finding the formula for predictable biology
As a keen fan of Formula 1, I’m amazed at the start of each season (especially those that follow a major rule change) that the teams manage to produce brand new cars from scratch, capable of performing...
- Industrial design
- Innovation management
- Product realisation

Bioplastics – serious market alternative or niche distraction?
Could we replace fossil fuel-derived polymers with plastics that have been made from renewable resources and/or could biodegrade naturally at the end of their life?
- Industrial design
- Innovation management
- Physical sciences