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Title: | Towards a verification and validating testing framework to develop bespoke medical products in research-funded projects |
Other Titles: | Proceedings of the Design Society |
Authors: | Balzan, Emanuel Vella, Pierre Farrugia, Philip Abela, Edward Cassar, Glenn Gauci, Maria Victoria |
Keywords: | Additive manufacturing -- Materials Project management -- Case studies Quality assurance Quality control Testing |
Issue Date: | 2021 |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
Citation: | Balzan, E., Vella, P., Farrugia, P., Abela, E., Cassar, G., & Gauci, M. V. (2021). Towards a verification and validating testing framework to develop bespoke medical products in research-funded projects. Proceedings of the Design Society, 1, 3199-3208. |
Abstract: | Research funded projects are often concerned with the development of proof-of-concept products. Consequently, activities related to verification and validation testing (VVT) are often not considered in depth, even though various design iterations are carried out to refine an idea. Furthermore, the introduction of additive manufacturing (AM) has facilitated, in particular, the development of bespoke medical products. End bespoke products, which will be used by relevant stakeholders (e.g. patients and clinicians) are fabricated with the same manufacturing technologies used during prototyping. As a result, the detailed design stage of products fabricated by AM is much shorter. Therefore, to improve the market-readiness of bespoke medical devices, testing must be integrated within the development from an early stage, allowing better planning of resources. To address these issues, in this paper, a comprehensive VVT framework is proposed for research projects, which lack a VVT infrastructure. The framework builds up on previous studies and methods utilised in industry to enable project key experts to capture risks as early as the concept design stage. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/97788 |
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