Combination Products

Principles of Developing Device-Led Combination Products

When cross-functional teams treat a device-led combination product as two isolated components rather than a single unified system, the result is catastrophic clinical failure and rapid financial loss. Principles of Developing Device-Led Combination Products delivers actionable, engineering-focused methodologies to bridge the gap between initial R&D design controls and post-market commercialization. Participants will learn how to translate clinical user needs into quantifiable design inputs, execute simulated-use usability testing, and navigate the delicate balance of sterilization validation. Through real-world case analysis, this course equips engineers, validation specialists, and QC analysts with practical workflows to enforce analytical chemistry controls, stability logging, and rapid field safety corrective actions.

CEU Credits: 0.1
Course Code: ELM-147
Duration: 20 mins
Skill Level: Intermediate
Final Exam: Yes
Certification: Yes
Version: v2.0

Curriculum for this course

The LifeBridge
The Primary Mode of Action (PMOA)
Device or Drug-led?
Regulatory Pathways
Design Controls
Usability Testing
Failures in Usability Testing
Onto the Manufacturing Floor
A Second Quality System
Drug Testing
Product Sterilization
The Sterilization Balance
LifeBridge’s Sterilization
Regulatory Approval Pathways
LifeBridge’s Regulatory Approval Problem
Safety Tracking Rules
US Safety Rules
EU Safety Rules
LifeBridge’s Safety Issues
Resolving the LifeBridge Crisis
A Failure of Integration
Test Your Knowledge
Major Update: v2.0 | 9/17/2026. This course has been redesigned. The redesign includes new learning objectives to align with updated content, as well as a new exam for those objectives. The visual design has been updated as well.

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