Welcome to the Protomed Newsroom

In the field of medical device development, especially for minimally invasive surgery, the landscape is rich, complex, and constantly evolving. While materials and technologies may not change overnight, the convergence of clinical needs, regulatory requirements, and technical challenges makes it essential to stay informed, aligned, and ready to adapt.

This is exactly why we’ve created this blog:

To share relevant insights, demystify complex topics, and offer actionable knowledge to help innovators move forward with clarity and confidence.

About Protomed

Accelerating the development of next-generation minimally invasive device.

Protomed is a medtech engineering company based in France, specialized in the design, prototyping and development of medical devices for minimally invasive procedures. We support startups, surgeons, and industry players from concept to market through every key phase of the innovation lifecycle:

• Feasibility assessment

• Rapid prototyping and proof-of-concept

• Design for manufacturing

• Preclinical validation

• Regulatory documentation and compliance

Our team brings together R&D engineers, project managers, human factors experts and regulatory specialists — all working with a single goal: turning smart ideas into safe, usable and effective medical technologies.

A mission-driven approach

Faster innovation. Real clinical impact.

At Protomed, we believe the future of medtech lies in faster, more collaborative, and clinically grounded innovation. Too many promising projects are slowed down — or stopped entirely — due to lack of tools, structure or support.

That’s why we’ve built a unique ecosystem that enables:

• Agile development based on clinical feedback

• Access to modular prototyping tools (FastTrack R&D)

• A strategic understanding of MDR and quality standards

• Cross-functional thinking from day one

This blog is an extension of that mindset. It’s a place where we share what we learn, raise important questions, and highlight both the challenges and opportunities that shape the future of medical device R&D.

What to expect from this blog

Topics that matter to medtech innovators

Whether you’re working on a new catheter delivery system, a novel handle design, or simply trying to understand how to bring a device to market in Europe or the US — you’ll find useful content here. Expect posts such as:

• R&D Insights: Design principles for MIS devices, ergonomic optimization, material selection challenges, testing strategies

• Prototyping know-how: From CAD to bench, how to create credible proof-of-concepts with low-cost tools

• Regulatory & Quality: Understanding MDR/IVDR, building your design history file, preparing for technical documentation review

• Project strategy: How to align user needs with technical constraints, avoid dead ends in early-stage development

• FastTrack R&D tools in action: How modular handles and catheters can accelerate innovation cycles

• Expert voices: Interviews with surgeons, product designers, regulatory consultants, and our in-house engineering team

• Event debriefs: Our takeaways from key congresses, medtech expos, and collaborative projects

Join us

The future of healthcare depends on smart, safe, and usable devices — and the path to building them starts with better knowledge.

This blog is for anyone working at the intersection of technology, usability, and clinical outcomes. We hope it becomes a go-to resource for your projects, your questions, and your next big ideas.