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Optimizing Connectivity for MedTech: User Experience, Security, and Performance
Wednesday, April 16, 2025 (12:00 PM - 1:00 PM) (EDT)
Description
Connectivity is revolutionizing medical device innovation, enabling seamless data exchange and improving patient outcomes. While technologies like Bluetooth, WiFi, LTE-M, LoRa, and Thread are widely available and familiar, integrating them effectively into medical devices presents unique challenges. Surprisingly, the biggest hurdles in connectivity often stem from usability and cybersecurity risks rather than from the underlying technology itself.
In this webinar, we will explore product design details that are critical to the success of connected medical devices. Our expert speaker will discuss important factors, including:
- Wireless Communications Technologies: What are the best technologies available today? What are their pros and cons? How to decide which technologies to use?
- Challenges Specific to Medical Devices: What makes medical devices different from consumer devices? What are some best practices?
- User Experience & Connectivity: What are the best practices for pairing and maintaining reliable connections? How do usability challenges impact security, adherence, and patient outcomes?
Understanding the interplay between human factors and connectivity is essential for designing medical devices that are not only functional but also intuitive and secure. This session will provide actionable insights and real-world examples to help engineers and product teams create user-centric connected devices that perform reliably in clinical and home environments.
Don’t miss this opportunity to optimize your connected medical devices for real-world use. Register now to secure your spot!
SPEAKER
 | Nicholas Lesniewski-Laas Nick brings over 10 years of experience solving difficult technical challenges by applying his deep expertise in microelectronics, electrical design, and software development. At Sunrise Labs, he works closely with the Engineering and Quality teams to oversee the optimization of Systems Engineering processes, and their efficient application to projects. Nick also contributes directly to projects both as an adviser and a technical contributor. Before joining Sunrise Labs, Nick was a Staff Electrical Engineer on the Advanced Technology Team at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, a research institute at Harvard University. During his tenure, he managed several breakthrough technology efforts including the ‘Active Insoles’, a vibrating shoe insert that improves standing balance in stroke survivors and improves agility and dynamic balance in healthy young athletes. Nick also designed, built, and deployed medical devices for clinical research in hospital environments, such as electrical stimulators to enhance upper limb rehabilitation for patients recovering from a stroke. In addition to engineering design, Nick was the principal investigator and study designer for a number of human subjects studies. Beyond medical devices, Nick developed control systems for wearable robotics such as a pneumatic ‘Grip Glove’ for enhancing grip strength. His experience working on several notable projects at Varian Semiconductor as a Control Systems Engineer earned him engineering excellence awards for a portable monitoring system and a high voltage grounding system for next-generation, high-energy ion implanters. Nick has a BSEE in Electrical Engineering and Computer Systems Engineering, with a concentration in microelectronics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. |