Team Consulting develops hardware for a PoC diagnostics device
Team Consulting explains how it worked with a client to design highly compact electronics for a Point-of-Care (PoC) diagnostics device.
Electronics design for a wearable connected blood pressure monitor
Team Consulting worked with Aktiia to re-design the electronics of their blood pressure monitor and help them meet trial deadlines and start manufacture.
New Consulting Director leads Team Consulting’s vision
Iain Ansell has been appointed Team Consulting’s new Consulting Director.
GOOD DESIGN award for smart hearing health platform
The Tympa System, a world-first all-in-one hearing assessment device, wins a 2020 GOOD DESIGN award.
How Team Consulting and partners developed an emergency ventilator in six weeks
In March 2020, facing a perceived risk of lockdown in global ventilator supply chains, the UK Government acted to bolster existing stocks of safety critical ventilators by issuing a challenge: can the UK industry use its ingenuity to develop, manufacture and deliver safety critical ventilators in just a few weeks? Team Consulting was enlisted as part of a consortium of engineering companies to…
Turbocharging the medical device industry to tackle COVID-19
Mike Herd discusses how he used his experience in mechanical engineering to help Team Consulting take on the UK Government ventilator challenge.
Team Consulting's Icelandic rising star
Team Consulting's Thorbjorg Petursdottir has been recognised in Medium.com’s list of 40 under 40 Icelandic rising stars around the world.
Evaluating and integrating 'software of unknown provenance'
Team Consulting explains the steps needed to take to evaluate Software Of Unknown Provenance (SOUP) in establishing compliance with BS EN 62304: Medical device software.
Six steps to successful diagnostic device development
Team Consulting's diagnostics team has compiled its top six rules for your journey to a commercially successful diagnostic device.
UX Design Award: Tympa Health and Team Consulting win Gold!
The innovative Tympa System – a portable all-in-one hearing health assessment system, developed by TympaHealth in collaboration with Team Consulting – has been awarded this years’ Gold UX Design Award (UXDA) by the International Design Centre in Berlin. This is the pre-eminent award celebrating outstanding user experience.
Preparing for mass vaccination
Needle-free systems offer compelling advantages for mass vaccination and this article explores its potential as a platform for COVID19 vaccination programmes.
Team Consulting celebrates 4th Employee Ownership Day
Every summer Team Consulting gets together to celebrate EO Day, a national celebration championing the positive impacts of employee ownership on people, the organisation and other trusts.
Improving compliance with foot brace for children with clubfoot in low-income countries
MiracleFeet is a charity organisation that supports treatment for children born with clubfoot in low to middle income countries. They came to Team Consulting in search of a way to improve patient compliance of the low-cost foot brace used in the treatment of clubfoot.
Tympa System nominated for UX Design Awards 2020
TympaHealth and its partner Team Consulting have been nominated for the UX Design Awards 2020, for the innovative Tympa System, a world-first comprehensive hearing health assessment device. The awards are an international competition for outstanding user experience, organised by the International Design Centre Berlin and with a formidable previous winners list including the…
Smart hearing health: a world first all-in-one assessment system
Team Consulting supported a start-up company, TympaHealth, in the design, development and commercialisation of the world's first all-in-one hearing health assessment system. The TympaHealth device is a portable smartphone-enabled otoscope with accompanying smartphone app. It allows trained staff to carry out a full ear examination and hearing test and to safely perform ear wax removal with…
MDR delayed, but was the industry ready?
The European Parliament and Council has voted to delay the enforcement of the new Medical Devices Regulation (MDR). Set to replace the current Medical Device Directive (MDD), the MDR will now come into effect in May 2021, a year later than planned.
Medical device connectivity: mitigating the risks
In Team Consulting's first blog of this series, it discussed how connecting your medical device to digital services in the cloud can introduce risks such as exposure of data, unauthorised control and denial of service. This second blog will look at what we can do during the development process to mitigate these risks and their potential commercial, reputational and regulatory impacts.
In vitro diagnostics during COVID-19
It’s an unprecedented time for diagnostics – Team Consulting highlights the need to maintain its current high profile beyond the pandemic.
How new technology is enabling care outside hospital
Can digital solutions enable the 'hospital at home'? Read Team Consulting's latest blog by Benjamin Cox and Paul Greenhalgh.
Customising medical devices
Team Consulting's Cara Cooper takes a look at the medical devices that aren't designed to blend in...
Intuitive design: lessons from my toaster
Team Consulting's Ed Slipper discusses intuitive design and why his new toaster looks more like a nuclear submarine...
A guide to quality and regulatory compliance during COVID-19
On 11th March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic. In the face of a global public health crisis, the healthcare industry and its regulators have rallied together to address the urgent needs for supply of diagnostics and treatment of COVID-19.
Front End Innovation: remote working is working!
Team Consulting's Charlotte Harris explores how the firm is making remote working work.
Five questions to ask when developing an inhalation device
How do you develop the ‘right’ medical device?
Team Consulting responds to the UK Government’s urgent request for ventilators to treat COVID-19 patients
On March 13th, with the UK in lockdown, Team Consulting was asked by the UK Government to join the UK Ventilator Challenge. Consulting companies, manufacturers and suppliers worked collaboratively to respond to this call. It was predicted that the UK would need more than 30,000 additional ventilators to help support COVID-19 patients. Team Consulting assembled a group of engineers (including…