The latest developments in miniaturized electronics and high-speed wireless connectivity have created a promising range of new product opportunities. As the healthcare industry embraces the value of remote patient monitoring and human-centered care, for example, studies indicate that a rapidly growing number of individuals utilize some type of connected medical wearable device to facilitate tracking and/or treatment from home or virtually any location.
Medical wearables like continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) often appear simple on the outside to help support ease-of-use across patient populations. However, those straightforward exteriors reflect a complex array of interrelated engineering choices behind the scenes. Product innovations that achieve widespread industry adoption typically embody a careful balance of key characteristics like durability, usability, biocompatibility and standards compliance. Today’s manufacturers need to pack intelligent capabilities into increasingly compact form factors while remaining mindful of ingress prevention, industry certification, supply chain sourcing, strategic design-for-assembly and more. At the same time, they’re attempting to integrate a complicated assortment of data and digital technologies while remaining mindful of sustainability, supply chain hurdles and shifting regulatory standards.
It’s an increasingly precarious journey from early prototype to full-scale product realization — which is why today’s forward-thinking organizations often enlist the specialized assistance of skilled design and manufacturing providers like Phillips-Medisize, a Molex company. As an end-to-end, globally integrated product realization resource with robust proficiency across highly regulated industries, Phillips-Medisize helps customers bring innovative medical wearables to life with expertise that includes high-performance medical interconnects, microelectronics, complex custom cable assemblies, ISO 13485 quality management, precision injection molding and more.
