Archive for April, 2018

Previously, we briefly introduced Biomedical and Line DoD Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs) and discussed how a technology may develop through each stage of the TRL scale. Biomedical TRLs can be further categorized into TRLs for pharmaceuticals (drugs, biologics, and vaccines), medical devices, medical information management/information technology (IM/IT) and medical countermeasures (MCMs) following the FDA Guidance on Product Development under the Animal Rule. In this article, we will focus on biomedical DoD TRLs for medical devices.

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Technology readiness assessments (TRA) are widely utilized by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to determine a technology’s readiness for use in acquisition programs and projects (see the U.S. Government Accountability Office’s Technology Readiness Assessment Guide). The TRA frequently uses a maturity scale – technology readiness levels (TRLs) – that are ordered according to the characteristics of the demonstration or testing environment under which a given technology was tested at defined points in time. ...