Capabilities

PI has full engineering capabilities across all disciplines required to develop sophisticated devices. A number of our projects have been IEC 62304 compliant for FDA regulated products.

Industrial Design

We take a user-centric and market-focused approach to industrial design, ensuring your products are not only beautiful, but also user-friendly, practical and cost-effective.

User Interface and Experience (UI/UX) Design

Our UI/UX team is experienced in designing user interfaces for a range of applications including device embedded screens, mobile and web apps, and wearables.

Systems Engineering

The systems team are experienced product developers that specialize in defining a product vision and taking a device on a journey to realize that vision. Our involvement begins at the early stages of product definition and architecture refinement, and continues throughout the development, monitoring risks, performing testing and managing verification activities.

Mechanical Engineering

The Planet Innovation engineering team consists of mechanical, mechatronics and CAD design, with a vast range of experience across the entire product development process with a focus on design for manufacture and robust production instrument.

Electronics Engineering

PI’s electronic engineering team is highly capable in the design of complex electronics for medical devices including: system architecture, schematic & PCB layout using Altium designer, loom design, prototyping, assembly and transfer to manufacture.

Software Engineering

The software team at Planet Innovation has a broad range of experience developing software for medical devices, and other domains. We apply software development best practices such as Agile Development, Continuous Integration and Test Driven Design.

Optics

Planet Innovation offers targeted optics support for your product, with a dedicated team of optics and opto-mechanical specialists who have demonstrated capability in developing and manufacturing integrated optical systems for medical instruments.

Design Quality Assurance & Regulatory Affairs

PI’s quality team are experienced in quality design assurance for regulated and non-regulated medical devices. Our robust quality management system is certified to ISO 13485:2016. We also have regulatory experts who can provide tailored regulatory advice for developing medical products.

Manufacturing

Planet Innovation has its own internal manufacturing division for the manufacture of regulated products.  We frequently provide a combination of development and manufacturing supply services to our clients in order to manage the delivery of high quality products to your end customer.

Manufacturing Quality Engineering & Assurance

PI produces the highest quality products that adhere to FDA regulations, crafted within a well-established quality system that undergoes continuous auditing. These processes take place in certified facilities that meet the standards of ISO 13485:2016 and ISO 9001.

Science

Planet Innovation has onsite labs and scientists with broad experience across medical device development.

Project Management

Planet Innovation has extensive formal project schedule and budget management processes in place and has an excellent track record in managing and delivering projects to schedule and budgets. We have an “open book” policy, often working very transparently with our clients to manage project expenditure.

Product-Market Fit

Product-market fit means having a great product that is valued and meets the needs of a growing and sizable market. To help set you on the path to achieving product-market fit (PMF), PI has assembled a specialist team and developed a PMF program to thoroughly investigate the market and customer needs and recommend the best product solution, before you start designing.

Commercial Strategy

Our PI Commercial team includes experts across all aspects of product commercialization. We help start-ups and established companies investigate the market fit of new technologies; develop business strategies and then follow through with actionable plans covering IP, regulatory, clinical development, marketing and product launch.