# #345: Using AI In MedTech

- Show: [Global Medical Device Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast)
- Published: 2023-11-22
- Length: 24m
- Episode: 345
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast/2023-11-22-345-using-ai-in-medtech
- Listen: https://podcast.greenlight.guru/episode/episode-345-using-ai-in-medtech

## Summary

Wade Schroeder, Medical Device Guru at Greenlight Guru, discusses the state of AI in MedTech, highlighting that 65% of professionals distrust AI data accuracy due to unknown sources. He explains how Greenlight Guru’s Risk Intelligence tool uses Bayesian statistics and natural language processing to pull data from the FDA’s MAUDE database, helping engineers address the 'cold start' problem in risk management. Schroeder also introduces the 'Digital Guru,' an AI bot trained specifically on FDA regulations to ensure compliance and trust, contrasting it with general models like ChatGPT.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast/2023-11-22-345-using-ai-in-medtech#t=0) Introduction: AI Skepticism and Adoption Rates
- [4:57](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast/2023-11-22-345-using-ai-in-medtech#t=297) Quality and Regulatory AI Adoption Barriers
- [7:28](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast/2023-11-22-345-using-ai-in-medtech#t=448) AI Fatigue and the Early Adopter Advantage
- [10:15](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast/2023-11-22-345-using-ai-in-medtech#t=615) Greenlight Guru Risk Intelligence and MAUDE Data
- [13:59](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast/2023-11-22-345-using-ai-in-medtech#t=839) Predicate Device Selection and FDA Guidance
- [17:06](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast/2023-11-22-345-using-ai-in-medtech#t=1026) Semantic Search and IMDRF Code Alignment
- [18:33](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast/2023-11-22-345-using-ai-in-medtech#t=1113) Trust, Verification, and the Digital Guru

## Topics

- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Quality & yield](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/quality-and-yield)
- [Certification & compliance](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/certification-and-compliance)
- [Validation & product-market fit](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/validation-and-product-market-fit)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Greenlight Guru (company)
- Wade Schroeder (other)
- Etienne Nichols (other)
- ChatGPT (product)
- SolidWorks (product)
- Greenlight Guru Risk Intelligence (product)
- FDA (other)
- IMDRF (other)
- Digital Guru (product)
- MAUDE (other)

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- [107 - Distilling Decades of MedTech Data, Generative AI, and Doing Without Tribal Knowledge with Michelle Wu](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/lets-combinate/2023-10-25-107-distilling-decades-of-medtech-data-generative-ai-and-doing-without-tribal-kn) (Let's Combinate)
- [172 - Regulatory AI Innovations, Drugs@FDA Database, Regulatory Intelligence Strategies, Human Factors Insights, and Smarter Submission Approaches with Doug Mead](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/lets-combinate/2025-01-22-172-regulatory-ai-innovations-drugs-fda-database-regulatory-intelligence-strateg) (Let's Combinate)
- [S1E12 Simplifying Quality Management | Jon Speer](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2020-06-05-s1e12-simplifying-quality-management-jon-speer) (Being an Engineer)
- [S6E19 Stuart Grant | MedTech Innovation](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2025-05-09-s6e19-stuart-grant-medtech-innovation) (Being an Engineer)
- [206 - Will AI Decide Your Next Drug/Device Approval?](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/lets-combinate/2025-09-17-206-will-ai-decide-your-next-drug-device-approval) (Let's Combinate)

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