Founded in 2015 as the applied Medical Device Institute within the Padnos College of Engineering at Grand Valley State University (GVSU), our team drives innovation to help our clients improve health care. In 2024, we spun out of GVSU as a private company and rebranded as Advanced Medical Device Innovations. Our mission continues to be providing outstanding support services for our medical device innovator customers while providing mentored hands-on learning opportunities for the next generation of engineers. Based in the Innovation Design Center, we offer resources that span science, engineering, and business, helping innovators navigate the development process effectively.
Our services encompass product conceptualization, requirements definition, detailed design, prototyping, testing, and project management. We employ a multi-step innovation process that includes stakeholder questionnaires, patent research, concept iteration, and feasibility designs to ensure optimal product development.
We have advanced additive manufacturing (AM) or 3D printing capabilities, utilizing the technologies of liquid photopolymerization, polymer melt extrusion, and metal melt extrusion, which provides versatility in materials, surface finish and tolerances. Additionally, we utilize engineering tools such as finite element analysis (FEA) for assessing failure points and stress, and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) for fluid flow optimization.
Our rigorous product testing includes standardized (e.g. ASTM, ISO) and custom methods to verify feasibility, performance, and reliability, with approaches like force testing, simulated use testing, and contamination verification.
