23 min
Episode #10: Device Options @ THE SPEED OF LIGHTHOUSE
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One of the first things that we find in evaluation of disposable versus reusable is really driven primarily by economics. We can get into some of the details a little bit later. Economics is really a big driver of selection and another has to do with safety and cross-contamination of devices.
Ultimately, what we're really talking about here are a classification of devices and how they're used, whether they're reused repeatedly or they’re used one time and discarded or somewhere in between. When we say, devices and what we're looking at, let's define that first before we actually hop into reusable versus the different options available out there, from a manufacturing standpoint
It is a really broad topic. In general, you can categorize this as medical devices being reusable or disposable but I'm really focused on the visualization and imaging side of things. Really medical cameras, endoscopic devices, really anything that's used to look on, at, or in the body. Quite often, they're used in conjunction with therapeutic devices.
At Lighthouse, our entire mission is to create, design, and manufacture imaging devices that are generally accessories or complementary to our customers' own medical devices. That's really what we're talking about here, is the imaging and therapeutic side of medical devices.
One of the first things that we find in evaluation of disposable versus reusable is really driven primarily by economics. We can get into some of the details a little bit later. Economics is really a big driver of selection and another has to do with safety and cross-contamination of devices.
Ultimately, what we're really talking about here are a classification of devices and how they're used, whether they're reused repeatedly or they’re used one time and discarded or somewhere in between. When we say, devices and what we're looking at, let's define that first before we actually hop into reusable versus the different options available out there, from a manufacturing standpoint
It is a really broad topic. In general, you can categorize this as medical devices being reusable or disposable but I'm really focused on the visualization and imaging side of things. Really medical cameras, endoscopic devices, really anything that's used to look on, at, or in the body. Quite often, they're used in conjunction with therapeutic devices.
At Lighthouse, our entire mission is to create, design, and manufacture imaging devices that are generally accessories or complementary to our customers' own medical devices. That's really what we're talking about here, is the imaging and therapeutic side of medical devices.
23 min