# 005 - “Compassionate Product Development” with Cameron Jones

- Show: [Let's Combinate](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/lets-combinate)
- Published: 2021-11-03
- Length: 58m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/lets-combinate/2021-11-03-005-compassionate-product-development-with-cameron-jones
- Listen: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letscombinate/episodes/005---Compassionate-Product-Development-with-Cameron-Jones-e19hetu

## Summary

Cameron Jones, Co-Founder and CEO of Avasys Medical, discusses his journey from academic research at Vanderbilt, the University of Kentucky, and Johns Hopkins to founding a medical device company. He details the process of identifying unmet clinical needs through direct observation of clinicians, highlighting a specific case where a tourniquet design required 14 prototypes to meet size and safety constraints. Jones also explains his work on catheter interfaces to reduce infection risks and his philosophy on managing conflicts of interest while moonlighting between startups and large manufacturers.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/lets-combinate/2021-11-03-005-compassionate-product-development-with-cameron-jones#t=0) Introduction: Cameron Jones and Avasys Medical
- [2:11](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/lets-combinate/2021-11-03-005-compassionate-product-development-with-cameron-jones#t=131) Jones's Academic Background and Early Startup Experience
- [8:58](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/lets-combinate/2021-11-03-005-compassionate-product-development-with-cameron-jones#t=538) Identifying Unmet Clinical Needs Through Observation
- [14:55](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/lets-combinate/2021-11-03-005-compassionate-product-development-with-cameron-jones#t=895) The Tourniquet Pivot: 14 Prototypes and Design Constraints
- [23:17](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/lets-combinate/2021-11-03-005-compassionate-product-development-with-cameron-jones#t=1397) Motivation for Biomedical Engineering and Career Advice
- [29:27](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/lets-combinate/2021-11-03-005-compassionate-product-development-with-cameron-jones#t=1767) Avasys Medical: Catheter Interfaces and Funding Challenges
- [35:56](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/lets-combinate/2021-11-03-005-compassionate-product-development-with-cameron-jones#t=2156) Managing Conflicts of Interest and Moonlighting
- [38:55](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/lets-combinate/2021-11-03-005-compassionate-product-development-with-cameron-jones#t=2335) Catheter Design: Eliminating Tubing to Reduce Infection Risk
- [44:45](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/lets-combinate/2021-11-03-005-compassionate-product-development-with-cameron-jones#t=2685) Human Factors Engineering and Usability Studies
- [52:10](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/lets-combinate/2021-11-03-005-compassionate-product-development-with-cameron-jones#t=3130) Compassionate Product Development and Personal Philosophy

## Topics

- [Validation & product-market fit](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/validation-and-product-market-fit)
- [Starting a product company](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/starting-a-company)
- [Industrial & consumer product design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/industrial-design)
- [Mechanical engineering](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/mechanical-engineering)
- [Leadership, teams & culture](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/leadership-and-culture)
- [Careers & education](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/engineering-careers-and-education)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Avasys Medical (company)
- Vanderbilt University (other)
- University of Kentucky (other)
- Johns Hopkins University (other)
- NIH (other)
- SBIR (other)
- STTR (other)
- NSF (other)

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