Since 2019, Bonebridge, a Swiss manufacturer of smart orthopaedic trauma implants, has partnered with IFUcare to develop eIFU for their products.
Efficient and accessible user manuals are important for any products, but when it comes to medical devices it is essential. IFUcare is at the forefront of E-Labelling and electronic instructions for use (eIFU) services that enable medical device manufacturers to replace paper-based IFU with digitalised instructions.
At the start of the partnership, Bonebridge was still a start-up, and digitalised instructions allowed the company to reduce the initial time and money spent on producing a paper IFU, as well as ensuring that up-to-date instructions were always accessible to their user base.
According to Alex Häusler, co-founder of Bonebridge: "We started in 2018, so a little more than three years ago, and we are focusing on osteosynthesis implants and instruments. Our goal essentially is what's written underneath our logo: to reduce complexity."
"We started interacting with IFUcare pretty early on, only a few months after we began operations. For us, it just wasn't imaginable to start a company in the twenty-first century and hand out paper IFUs. We knew we wanted to go digital."
With its experience working with companies of all sizes, IFUcare's capabilities are particularly attractive to start-ups such as Bonebridge. Not only does it mean that the company can support organisations when they are new, but its ability to work with major players means that start-ups do not have to worry about outgrowing the company.
"IFUcare works efficiently and effectively, there's really nothing bad to say about their services, we're really happy with the work we've done together. If we need something, they're there for us with support and they're responsive."
