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Joe Byrne

Joe Byrne
Joe Byrne is the CEO of Cognidox. With a career spanning medical device start-ups and fortune 500 companies, Joe has over 25 years of experience in the medical device and high-tech product development industries. With extensive experience in scaling businesses, process improvement, quality, medical devices and product development, Joe is a regular contributor to the Cognidox DMS Insights blog where he shares expertise on scaling and streamlining the entire product development cycle, empowering enterprises to achieve governance, compliance, and rigour.

Recent Posts

The Importance of Equipment Calibration in ISO 13485 and ISO 9001

Monitoring and measuring quality of products and services is a key part of any QMS. But how can you be sure th...

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Understanding Document Control in ISO 9001:2015

Document control is a key part of any Quality Management System (QMS) and, therefore, a requirement of ISO 900...

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4 Steps to Effective Supplier Quality Management

How do you transform regular supplier reviews from a box-ticking exercise into a genuinely useful commercial a...

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How is Software as a Medical device (SaMD) regulated by the FDA?

Does the fertility tracking app you are developing count as a medical device? What about the imaging software ...

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Understanding the Differences: ISO 9001 vs ISO 13485

ISO 9001 is the internationally recognised standard for quality management used in many sectors from construct...

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Understanding Post-Market Surveillance for Medical Devices in the EU

The PIP scandal, in which thousands of women were injured by faulty breast implants over a period of twenty ye...

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5 Reasons Why You Need Document Version Control Software

We’ve all been there. We’ve lovingly put the final touches to that important document and saved it to the shar...

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Understanding Medical Device Classification: MD, IVD, AIMD, or SaMD?

Question for you: what exactly is a medical device? Is the product you are developing a Medical Device, an In ...

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What’s the plan? A seamless product realisation process for ISO 13485

So, you’ve had your brilliant idea. You know what kind of medical device you want to build. You have a vision ...

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Understanding QMS, eQMS, and eDMS for Quality Management Success

There are different ways companies can build required quality management systems, from using traditional paper...

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Compiling a design & development plan for your medical device

What are the planning requirements for a medical device design and development process? And what tools can hel...

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The Evolution of Quality Management Systems: A Path to Business Growth

A focus on a quality management system shouldn’t just mean a ‘box ticking’ exercise for an organisation. And i...

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The Importance of Design Controls in Medical Device Development

When it comes to medical device development, the absence of comprehensive design and development documentation...

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Navigating FDA Approval: Understanding 510K vs PMA

How can medical device developers gain FDA approval for their devices and permission to sell their product int...

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Is Qualio the Right Choice for Your Medical Device eQMS?

Qualio is an eQMS platform launched in 2012 by Irish entrepreneur Robert Fenton. From small beginnings, his co...

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Best Practices for Good Documentation in Regulated Industries

Good documentation practices (also known as GdocP or GDP) are guidelines for document management and control d...

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How to scale your medical device consultancy practice

Many medical device consultancy practices work on a fee-based model, helping clients with regulatory and quali...

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How a QMS supports medical device risk management in ISO 13485

A QMS should ultimately help guard against customer harm or dissatisfaction, by guarding against the risk of f...

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Tips for a Successful FDA 510(k) Submission: Get It Right

Developers who want to release a medical device in the US need to seek permission from the FDA. Depending on t...

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Navigating the Automotive Chip Shortage

The semiconductor shortage continues to ravage many sectors. With its reliance on electronics for driverless t...

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Why not use greenlight guru as your med tech eQMS?

Greenlight Guru has been marketed since 2013 as the first digital eQMS (electronic Quality Management System) ...

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The RISC-V Revolution: Winning Big in the Chip Innovation Era

The rise of RISC-V seems inexorable. It’s being touted as an answer to the drastic slowing of Moore’s law. It’...

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Cognidox Unveils Exciting New Features in v10.2 Release

Cambridge, UK, 3 May 2022: Cognidox, a leading provider of document management solutions for the high-tech, me...

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Understanding FDA Medical Device Development Requirements: DHF, DMR, DHR

DHF, DMR, DHR… to the uninitiated they might sound like out-of-town furniture stores or airport codes for exot...

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Quality Control vs Quality Assurance: Understanding the Differences

QC is about detecting defects in your finished product, while QA is about preventing the defects from occurrin...

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The Ultimate Guide to Building a Device Master Record (DMR)

The Device Master Record (DMR) is one of the ‘holy trinity’ of files that developers need to collate and maint...

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Streamlining Medical Device Design Controls for FDA and ISO Compliance

30 years ago the FDA introduced robust new requirements for medical device design control following a string o...

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8 Key Benefits of a Document Management System

A document management system (DMS) is a method of managing, storing and retrieving all the documentation a bus...

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Effective Lean Document Control in Life Science Sector

In medical device development, document controls are the building blocks of an ISO and FDA compliant Quality M...

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Building an ISO 13485 Compliant QMS: 4 Effective Strategies

Are you looking for ways to build and maintain the most efficient, ISO 13485 compliant QMS as your company con...

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Is Dropbox Suitable for Your Medical Device QMS?

DropBox is a file sharing platform familiar to millions throughout the world. Once a personal file storage and...

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11 Essential Features of Medical Device Document Control Software

Inflexible SOPs, complicated interfaces, training and maintenance requirements. Traditional document control s...

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Mastering Document Lifecycle Management for ISO 9001 Compliance

ISO 9001 requires you to control the document lifecycle to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of your bu...

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The Cost of Chaos in Document Management: A Financial Wake-Up Call

Chaotic document management is wasting the time and energy of businesses around the world every year. But in s...

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Is Google Drive Suitable for Your Medical Device QMS?

A Quality Management System is a requirement for medical device developers across the globe. But should you bu...

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Structure Your QMS Documentation for ISO 13485 Compliance

How should you structure your documentation to meet the requirements of ISO 13485?

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Understanding the Importance of Document Lifecycle Management

What are the 7 stages of the document lifecycle? Why is managing and controlling the lifecycle a critical part...

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Mastering Document Control in Your Medical Device QMS

Document controls are a fundamental requirement of every medical device regulatory regime. They are the ‘build...

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How to Prevent Over-Processing in Your Medical Device QMS

Building a quality management system is never a quick and simple process. But in medical device development, w...

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Understanding the UK Responsible Person Requirement Post-Brexit

Following Britain’s exit from the EU, all non-UK medical device and IVD manufacturers who want to place their ...

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Mastering ISO 9001:2015 Quality Principles - A Guide to Implementation

ISO 9001:2015 and its related quality standards are all based on the ‘Seven Quality Management Principles’ def...

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Navigating the Post-Covid Landscape: The Future of the IVD Industry

The Covid pandemic has brought new attention, investment and competition to the IVD sector. But with new oppor...

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Navigating EU IVDR Compliance: Key Changes and Deadlines

The EU In Vitro Diagnostics Regulation (IVDR), written in 2017, was developed to replace the existing EU In Vi...

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8 Essential GMP Principles for Med Tech Developers

Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) are intended to ensure that pharmaceutical products, medical devices and ot...

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7 Key FDA E-Signature Requirements for Medical Device Developers

How does your organisation authorise, authenticate, document and police the use of electronic signatures withi...

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The Power of eQMS: Elevating Your Quality Management System

If you want to develop a Quality Management System that meets the regulation and powers your commercial succes...

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12 Virtual Team Collaboration Tool Issues to Address

As your computer waits to load up Teams, Zoom, Slack, Accello and countless other collaboration apps every mor...

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The Art of Accidental Innovation: Tales of Discovery and Success

Can product innovation really happen by accident? Penicillin, Viagra and the humble Post-It note were all famo...

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Embodying Lean Principles in Your Document Management System

Does your Document Management System (DMS) apply the five Lean principles to the way you work?

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7 Common Mistakes in Business Process Modelling Projects

Companies often embark on business process modelling projects with the best of intentions. Modelling may be a ...

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Securing Virtual Collaboration: Risks and Solutions

Last year, Slack, Zoom and countless other companies hoovered up business as companies shifted to support new ...

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Navigating Virtual ISO 9001 Audits: A Guide for Success

For those who need ISO 9001:2015 certification, virtual audits are currently taking the place of face to face ...

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Understanding Process Verification vs Validation for Medical Devices

Process verification and validation should be a key part of a medical device manufacturer’s QMS. But what’s th...

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Supporting Product Innovation with Document Control Software: The Key to Success

In the history of product innovation, stories of happy accidents abound. The list of inventions stumbled upon ...

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Maximising Remote Collaboration for New Product Development

Remote collaboration is the new normal and set to be a major feature of the post-Covid world. Workers have fou...

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