6 MiMfg Magazine January / February 2022
MFG Game Changers
Collaboration Leads to Innovation and Improved Patient Care
The pace of medical discovery is accelerating faster than most realize . For instance , most are familiar with the speed to market of the COVID-19 vaccines . But how many know about the gene editing , oncology breakthroughs and a blood test for Alzheimer ’ s that also made news in the past year ?
Indeed , medicine and the overall health care environment rewards innovation — something that Fenton-based Domico Med-Device has been delivering on for decades . Domico Med designs , develops and manufactures health care products that make life easier for patients , doctors , nurses and other caregivers .
“ We help improve safety and comfort for patients undergoing medical procedures ,” says Domico President Michael Czop . “ We custom manufacture patient positioning aids for diagnostic imaging applications ( MRI , CT , X-ray , ultrasound ) operating room ( OR ) surgical applications , and interventional / hybrid OR applications making these types of procedures easier and less invasive for all involved .”
Changing the Game with Caregiver Collaboration
Like their competitors , Domico Med works extensively with manufacturers and distributors . However , Domico Med goes further — often collaborating directly with doctors , nurses , techs and the broader clinical community to generate ideas and evolve medical products .
This is how Domico Med becomes intimate with medical applications , learning where the gaps are in a procedure , and understanding the solutions needed to improve health care . Essentially ,
Domico Med ’ s efforts in product development starts with understanding and information gathering from the people who are actually using the products — the health care professionals who want to improve the well-being of their patients . It ’ s an innovative approach that has led to successful product development .
In one case , Domico Med collaborated with a group of surgeons at a large regional hospital . The hospital ’ s goal was to provide the tools needed to perform a cranial surgery procedure in a hybrid operating room versus a traditional operating room . In other words , they wanted to move to a minimally invasive approach of working through catheters and wires inserted through the cardiovascular system instead of opening the skull .
Working closely with the hospital and its surgeons , Domico Med developed a positioning device that effectively places the skull fixation system onto the end of an interventional tabletop . The result ? Much less patient stress and faster recovery times .
Beyond responding to unique client needs , Domico Med uses these collaborative efforts to educate , foster relationships and
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build business with manufacturers . Through these unique caregiver collaborations , Domico Med is able to bring innovative product solutions to manufacturer and distributor partners alike .
Building on Their Collaborative Advantage
Working directly with caregivers and providers is an advantage that Domico Med continues to grow and perfect . “ We ’ ve formed a clinical advisory group with a number of orthopedic surgeons ,” says Czop . “ It ’ s an informal group that gathers and assesses the feasibility and value of ideas that come to us from all over .”
At Domico Med , collaboration is the key to creating unique , yet practical , medical devices and products . It ’ s why they work so closely together — both internally as a team and externally with customers — to plan , design , prototype and manufacture more efficient ways of delivering improved patient care .
Czop takes a lot of pride in the fact they ’ re able to have a positive impact on people seeking highquality health care for themselves and their loved ones . 6