Consulting Services

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Helping Companies

Achieve Their Goals

Dominic Power provides consulting services to the medical devices industry. This includes advising on the breadth and depth of the nerve repair market, sector investment for venture capitalist groups, development of novel nerve co-aptation devices, utility development and testing for a polymer glue. There has also been the market evaluation of a nerve capping device and the research trial design for Phase 1 and 2 studies.

In addition to these, Dominic Power has provided consulting in this sector developing surgeon training materials, delivery of course curricula and designing post-marketing device registries.

Devices

Consulted for a biomedical technology company that was new to the nerve repair sector and advised on developing a nerve co-aptation device to improve alignment and repair.

Dominic’s involvement ensured that lead time was reduced, with development focused on a novel design and minimisation of product development costs

Product

There have been several companies where Dominic has provided pre-clinical and clinical advice, as well as data on product design and/or utility.

Devices evaluated include a nerve adhesive, a nerve cap for neuroma prevention, a nerve wrap and a nerve coupling device.

Case Examples

Market

With over two decades of experience in the nerve repair sector, Dominic has developed a comprehensive understanding of the clinical sphere. He is able to provide accurate data on market opportunities.

Knowledge in this field has assisted a start-up company in exploring an accessory market larger than their intended target ultimately being the first entrant to a new market

Design

Combining his extensive experience allows an intelligent and cost-effective trial design in commercially sensitive time scales.

Dominic has recently designed a portfolio of trials for new entrants to the sector giving greater evidence than has been achieved by existing companies working for more than 10 years

Other Areas of Interest

Protocol Development

The development is a complex process that aims to deliver cost-effective and robust evidence to support commercial roll-out and wide clinical adoption of new technologies. The design starts with a consultation with key opinion leaders in the sector and a broad review of the available published evidence. The Nerve Surgeon has worked with many companies over the last decade and is sensitive to commercial requirements and the delivery milestones for sustained investor support.

Trial Training

Delivery of a Phase 2 multi-centre trial requires standardisation of surgical technique to ensure consistent delivery across the recruiting sites. The Nerve Surgeon has developed surgeon training systems that can be used for site initiation. These systems can be using surgical simulation, high fidelity cadaveric models and pilot clinical cases. The OrthOracle platform enables the presentation of high quality clinical procedural information in a clear and structured format that can be used for utility training and further developed for subsequent marketing.

Surgeon Training

Following successful delivery of a trial, provision of robust surgeon training materials is essential to ensure post-marketing compliance and consistency of results after wider general adoption. The Nerve Surgeon has developed training materials, digital platforms, course design and cadaveric workshop protocols to enable surgeon education and guide clinical adoption of new technologies and devices in the nerve surgery field. Providing a relevant clinical context to learning and solving a key challenge are essential to surgeon engagement.