I’m a dragon wrangler. Although that might sound like something straight out of Harry Potter or Game of Thrones, this isn’t fantasy—it’s serious science.

I t wasn’t that long ago that GM ran commercials advertising that its Oldsmobile division didn’t just produce cars for your grandfather, but also for everyone else. It was an attempt to reinvent the brand’s staid image—and it didn’t work.

As more coal-fired power plants are retired, industry workers are left without many options. There is a light at the end of the tunnel, though.

Design controls and risk management processes should be tools to ensure that medical devices are designed, developed, and manufactured to be safe and effective, and to address indications for use, too.

“Honest feedback is hard to take, especially from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger.”

—Franklin P. Jones