Launch Your MedTech Startup


On average, it takes a medical startup 7 years to get from idea to market — significantly longer than startups in other industries. Part of the reason for this extended timeline is due to heavier regulation of medical devices by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. In this course, experts from Kaleidoscope review the stages of medical device development, how to prepare for your regulatory clearance pathway, and how to set up scalable quality management systems to support business growth.


Colleen Murphy

Director of Regulatory Affairs, Kaleidoscope Innovations

Colleen Murphy is a regulatory professional with more than 20 years of experience in medical devices, in vitro diagnostics and pharmaceuticals. Her experience spans academia and industry, and includes products used in various medical specialties such as neonatal MRI, spinal implants, kidney and liver transplant, coagulation and hemostasis IVDs, breast cancer diagnostics, pediatric migraine, software driven connected products (including AI/ML) and software as a medical device (SAMD). Colleen’s expertise spans the lifecycle of medical devices from first-in-human to post-market surveillance.

Josh Tranter

Director of Product Development, Kaleidoscope Innovations

From individual inventors to large corporations, Josh believes in a customer-centric approach to drive optimal project outcomes with a positive experience. After graduating from Rose-Hulman with a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, he worked at Boston Scientific and Interplex Medical prior to joining Kaleidoscope. With over a decade in the medical device contract design and manufacturing space, Josh has experience across the full product life cycle in a wide range of medical devices. Josh is pleased to join the talented team at Kaleidoscope with an industry-leading, collaborative approach to medical device design. Outside of work, Josh enjoys spending his time with family and staying active.

Sameen Barnett

Director of Quality Assurance, Kaleidoscope Innovations

Sameen brings her continuous improvement mindset to Quality Assurance by means of seeking innovative opportunities while maintaining compliance. Her experience in Design Control and Quality Management has taught her Quality Excellence is the essential component to bringing safe and effective products to the industry. She finds fulfillment in fostering an inclusive workplace and enhancing the professional experiences of a diverse workforce. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time outside and applying her creative nature to her hobbies in photography, painting, and light woodworking.

Stephen Truesdell

Engineering Manager, Kaleidoscope Innovation

Stephen Truesdell is an Engineering Manager at Kaleidoscope Innovation with 10 years of experience in the medical device industry.  After earning his BS-BME from Purdue in 2013, he began his career in the spinal implant design space at K2M. He has carried this knowledge of medical device product development with him to Kaleidoscope as a direct project lead and now in a project oversight role. Stephen also has experience in the consumer goods sector, working with P&G while at Kaleidoscope for over 2 years. Stephen joined Kaleidoscope in 2016 and has worked to provide oversight to the engineering team to further their understanding of medical device development, and their relationships with medical device companies.

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