INO Innovation Center

Minnetronix Medical and INO Innovation Center today announced a strategic partnership to innovate and accelerate the development of optical medical devices.

For their first completed project, INO developed a smart illumination system for an unidentified customer and Minnetronix led the system integration.

The companies said in a news release that their partnership can also manage projects that require optical subsystems with larger, complex medical device systems; have complicated or diverse supply chains and/or require regulatory insights to scope design considerations relative to the FDA pathway.

“There is increased complexity in creating optical medical devices, which this partnership solves,” Minnetronix VP and GM Matt Adams said in the news release. “For example, the supply chain for complex medical optics is often fragmented requiring customers to find specialized expertise in multiple small firms. Now, customers get the best brains in the industry…