Ximedica LLC, a Providence, R.I.-based medical device developer, is branching out.
CFO Bill Stetter told MassDevice that the company has added 30 people in last 15 months. Stetter forecasts a personel growth rate of up 20 percent in the foreseeable future.
Ximedica is also planning a 23,000-square-foot expansion of its R&D and manufacturing facilities for completion in early 2011 at its Providence headquarters. The larger footprint will include new clean rooms and dedicated engineering and test facilities, much of which will serve the company’s contract research and product development customer base.
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The company also added medical simulation to its medical device R&D services and a “Human Centered Healthcare Services” group. The company uses high-tech mannequins in a simulated hospital setting to train healthcare providers, but also provides device developers with a lower-risk environment for testing and developing their technology.
The development of the Human Centered Healthcare Services group represents the company’s entry into the provider side of healthcare. In the past, Ximedica has redesigned emergency room and trauma bay workflow systems, but the new group will focus specifically on aiding providers with safety and efficiency issues in care delivery.
The company’s growth necessitated the hiring of Dr. Anita Kestin for the newly created role of medical director.
Kestin will help apply a human factor mindset to the company’s endeavors, Stetter said. She will help Ximedica’s customers and staff to understand both clinical and user need, including risk assessment. Kestin’s addition means the company’s design processes won’t only include a group of engineers, Stetter said.
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In May, the company held an event to show off its efforts to increase collaboration and knowledge-sharing across professional disciplines in the development of medical devices.
The Massachusetts Medical Devices Journal is the online journal of the medical devices industry in the Commonwealth and New England, providing day-to-day coverage of the devices that save lives, the people behind them, and the burgeoning trends and developments within the industry.
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