Multi-Criteria Decision Making for Medical Device Development

The development of a new product is complicated multi-stakeholder process with significant risk failure. This particularly true in the medical device sector, where there are strict therapeutic, psychological, and normative constraints. article presents multi-criteria decision making called “Define, Prioritize, Measure, Aggregate” (DPMA). DPMA designed to help engineering managers during devices. model based on two sets criteria linked business customer satisfaction. These weighted using analytic hierarchy (AHP) group (GDM) process. performance measured according each criterion. Furthermore, final score GO/NO GO alternatives calculated simple additive weighting (SAW) method. A case study for kind femoral implant presented demonstrate implementation shows that application design 3D printed prosthesis provided key elements green light go ahead this device.