Episode 43: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in the Medical Devices Industry with Ben Locwin

Welcome to Automating Quality. Mandy Gervasio is your host, and she’s on a mission to bring you hot industry topics with her fellow life sciences partners and friends!

Today’s episode features guest expert Ben Locwin! Ben is the VP of Project Solutions at Black Diamond Networks and has been working in the life sciences industry for over 25 years. Among other things, he has trained FDA inspectors and participated in the design of the Global Quality Metrics Initiative for the FDA.

Today’s topic of discussion is artificial intelligence and machine learning. Ben delivers some background on those buzzwords, how they relate to the FDA’s action plan, how this will impact the medical device industry moving forward, and more!

Key Takeaways

01:22 Introducing today’s guest Ben Locwin

03:26 Some background on artificial intelligence and machine learning

05:24 Common misunderstandings about those buzzwords

07:10 What is deep learning versus machine learning and AI?

08:43 How do these areas relate to the FDA’s action plan?

14:05 How will this impact the medical device industry moving forward?

18:40 Mandy thanks Ben for joining us on the show