Videos
Various information and educational videos from the Kablooe brain trust.
One Thing I Learned Today Series
60 seconds with Tom KraMer each week.
Minneapolis/St. Paul Local Business Meet-Ups
These videos include Kablooe President, Tom KraMer as a panel discussion contributor on various business topics.
Quick Insights to the Thinking Behind the Scenes at Kablooe
Podcasts
Mass Device and Medical Design & Outsourcing podcasts:
These are podcasts with Kablooe President, Tom KraMer as a guest speaker on various innovation topics.
Freedom Is The Key To Innovation
Gurus in this episode we have Mr. Tom Kramer President & CEO of Kablooe Design. Gurus Kablooe Design has been one of the most innovative medical design companies over the last 30 years. You will love what Tom brings as he discusses the 3 challenges of getting into the medical device market. He discusses how the right design elements that will create impact and achieve user adoption. Gurus Tom brings the wisdom of 30+ years of innovative design and engineering. You are going to love this episode and everything Tom brings as our Guru!
What a Cold Beer Taught Us About Medical Device Development
Mitch Maiman, President and Co-Founder of IPS, and Tom Kramer, President and CEO of Kablooe Design discuss the very intriguing relationship between designing an iced cold beer vending machine and medical product design and development.
Design Engineering, Engineering Design
In this podcast Tom talks with Chris again about how the disciplines of design and engineering work together, or how they are supposed to.
Smart Medical Devices
In this Podcast Tom talks with Chris Newmarker about when it's actually smart to make a device smart, and when it isn't. Ooo, that smarts.
Webinars
Kablooe U™ Training Webinars
Learn here. Visuals and audio for design and development training on all things innovative.
Mark Your Calendars—November Is Jam-Packed With Kablooe Events
Over the next couple of weeks, Kablooe team members will be recording webinars, speaking at large industry events, and hosting another highly anticipated open house. Needless to say, November is going to be a busy, busy month for us. We hope your calendars aren’t quite as full as ours, though, because we would love for you to join in on the fun.
HFE webinar hosted by Marcus Evans
Learn more about human factors engineering, when to engage it, continental differences and best practices.
HFE webinar hosted by MedTech Bridge
Learn more about human factors engineering, when to engage it, continental differences and best practices.
Human Factors Engineering in New Product Development
Kablooe Design’s CEO, Tom KraMer, presents a webinar for Celegence in human factor engineering in new product development.
Failing Your Preclinical is a Success
Tests in your product development cycle represent key milestones to success. Getting a product to market is difficult whether you are a struggling startup or an established original equipment manufacturer (OEM). Understanding some of the tools available on the front end of product development will help you avoid downstream problems, before they become time and money wasters. Preclinical testing is not always viewed this way, but really is one such tool. Designing for learning from studies instead of succeeding in them will help you consider issues such as how people interact with your device so that the product is used correctly—every single time. This is “Successful Failure” thinking. It may include building in safe guards that prevent misuse, especially important with devices used in life and death environments.
How To Make Design Part Of Your Product Development DNA
Getting your development team to move forward in a cohesive fashion can be hard. Engineers and designers can have different goals and methods during a development project. In this session we will explore ways to embark on design research work that will fuel the product development work down the road, and learn a few things about creativity and our brains.
Articles
Design and Development Educational Topics
Creativity, innovation, development process, engineering and design. All discussed here.
Exploring the 12 Steps of Product Design Engineering
In this article, we will take you through the intricacies of the 12 essential phases of product design engineering. Each step will help ensure your product not only meets its intended purpose but also stands out in the competitive landscape.
Medication Dispensing Systems: How New Innovation is Changing the Way We Approach At-Home Prescriptions
Whether it’s due to the text on a pill bottle being too small to read or a pillbox that’s unnecessarily complicated, studies have shown that 37% of patients don’t take their medications properly. To us, that number is unacceptable. Fortunately, through a rigorous research and design process, many of these existing usability issues and errors can be entirely avoided when interacting with a medication dispensing device.
Designing a Study: 6 Steps for Preparing Successful MedTech Device Research
Designing a research study for a medical technology device can be an incredibly intimidating process. As one of the first steps in your device design process, it effectively sets the stage for the success of the entire project. That’s not to mention that looming voice in the back of your head reminding you of all the things you need to do to make the FDA happy.
How to Make the FDA Happy: 7 MedTech Device Design Pro Tips
When it comes to designing medical technology devices, making the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) happy is key. That’s because, if you plan to bring your product to market someday—and I’m sure you do—they’re the final troll under the bridge you’ll need to get past.
5 Product Design Tips for Managing a Severe Electronics Shortage
For product designers, 2021 was a year of supply chain nightmares. Many electronic parts suppliers were completely unable to keep up with demand, leading to significant shortages of multiple components—not just microchips as many news outlets have been quick to report. While these supply chain issues may gradually correct themselves over the next few months or years, as product designers, we don’t exactly have the luxury of sitting around and waiting. We NEED to get our clients’ products into the marketplace as soon as possible!
Best Practices for Designing Surgical Robotics
In the world of surgical device development, identifying needs first and testing concepts second is the key to user adoption and gaining a competitive advantage. This approach serves as the foundation to innovating smartly, along with quick, efficient, and robust methods of concepting. At Kablooe Design, we include Design thinking early on in the process, which minimizes rework and aids in hitting cost and schedule targets.
How To Make A Better User Interface For Your Medical Device
Those of us who are in the design industry typically spend a lot of our time thinking about the person who is going to use our fabulous invention, and what the situation is like when they will be using it...
When to Start Thinking About Reimbursement
What are you forgetting? These 4 important steps to take to prepare for a successful product launch are an integral part of the process.
LESS GUT SURGERY
What are you forgetting? These 4 important steps to take to prepare for a successful product launch are an integral part of the process.
What Medical Device Designers Can Learn from a Heinz Ketchup Bottle
At MD&M Minneapolis 2019, Brian Mullins, director of design and development at Kablooe Design, used the original Heinz Ketchup bottle as an example of why it's important to invest in the design of a product.