Stacey L. Bell07.23.08
A Tradition of Innovation
By outsourcing their prototyping needs, OEMs can focus on what they do best: inventing new solutions.
Stacey L. Bell
History is full of prodigious inventors. Ben Franklin invented the lightning rod—and perhaps not so famously, bifocals and a flexible urinary catheter. Among his many creations, Thomas Edison developed long-lasting incandescent light bulbs as well as the fluoroscope.
Today, medical device OEMs such as Johnson & Johnson and Medtronic are continuing the tradition of innovation by creating life-saving and -enhancing technologies.
Helping to fuel OEMs’ creativity is a rather new niche in the outsourcing arena—the outside development of prototypes. “About 10 years ago, the outsourcing of prototyping started to become popular due to OEMs wanting to maximize the technology, innovation and expertise that outside suppliers could provide,” explained Jason Howey, vice president of OKAY Industries in New Britain, CT.
After all, an OEM may create prototypes for perhaps a handful of innovati
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