Identify Opportunities in New Product Development from Errors

We can learn and identify new opportunities from our mistakes as the famous saying "Failure is the mother of success."

In addition to surgical needs and market analysis, problems、adverse events, and errors of existing products is an effective way to find the opportunities for new product development. They also provide important information for risk management of medical device. The following online resources can be used as references.

• FDA Total Product Life Cycle
• FDA MedSun Reports database
• FDA's MAUDE database
• FDA's Medical Device Recalls database
• Safety Communications
• ECRI institute's Medical Device Safety Reports database
• Sentinel Events from the Joint Commission
• UK MHRA alerts