Several years ago I took what I considered a leap of faith and had Lasik surgery performed on my eyes to correct my near sightedness. I look back at this decision as one of the best things I’ve ever done for myself. I was downright giddy for months about the little things like being able to read a street sign without squinting - or accidentally falling asleep with my contact lenses still firmly attached to my eyeballs. I left after my hour at the eye clinic feeling very impressed with the precision technology that was giving me a new found freedom. It dawned on me that those Doctors must really trust their equipment to move people so efficiently through this delicate surgery.
So it came as no surprise to me when OptiMedica approached us about their need to perform Risk Analysis and Hazard Reporting into the development of their precision laser equipment for treating retinal diseases. OptiMedica’s PASCAL Photocoagulator provides significantly improved performance for the physician and an enhanced therapeutic experience for the patient. Contour will help provide the design and development teams at OptiMedica with a central repository for storing all of their artifacts and then allowing them the flexibility to easily perform the custom reporting required by the key stakeholders as they move through the development life cycle.
We’re very excited about working with OptiMedica. Not only because they do something that’s very cool, but also because Contour is such a great fit for the developers of all Medical Devices. The fact that providing Traceability back to Test Cases is required for mandated approvals makes having a solution like Contour mission critical. No other solution can set up those trace relationships quite as easy as Contour. We welcome OptiMedica to our growing community of happy users!
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Thanks Kevin. We are excited to join the community. I think you hit on an important point– medical device manufacturers are in business to improve the lives of patients.
OptiMedica is currently focused on developing pattern scanning laser technologies to improve the lives of patients with ophthalmic diseases. With the widest dynamic range of performance and exquisite control, the Pascal Photocoagulator enables a superior patient experience. Therefore, we need to use the best tools to ensure that we maintain the highest standards in product safety and quality. Requirement and test case traceability is rarely static and Contour will help improve visibility, reporting, and control of our innovative and dynamic design processes.