Medical

Since the EU Medical Device Regulation, every device carries an identification that traces back to the drawing.

What the drawing demands

ISO 13485 is the international quality standard for manufacturing medical devices; a supplier must have its own manufacturing processes, such as CNC machining, explicitly on the certificate, not only design or assembly. For patient-contact material, ISO 10993 requires a biological evaluation: contact duration and location decide the scope of testing, and drawings of, for example, titanium implant parts often carry that as a material note. Since the EU Medical Device Regulation, every device also carries a Unique Device Identification.

What the model learns here

In this sector the model is learning to connect which face carries patient-contact material, which dimension inherits a biological-evaluation note, and which characteristic needs a Unique Device Identification to the part's geometry. Blake proposes these links for review, traceable to the inputs they came from. Blake does not claim MDR conformity or UDI assignment: that remains yours and your quality system's, Blake only points to where the requirement sits on the drawing.

What the model learns here belongs to the drawing, not to Blake.

Who this matters to

Estimator

Confirms which face or dimension carries a patient-contact material note or a UDI requirement before pricing the part.

Manufacturing engineer

Plans the process, such as CNC machining, that ISO 13485 requires to appear explicitly on the supplier's own certificate.

Owner / operations

Carries the commercial risk of a missed biological-evaluation or UDI note reaching production unconfirmed.

Quality / regulatory

Owns MDR conformity and UDI assignment; Blake only points to where the requirement sits on the drawing, never claims the certification itself.

Where this model can help

Pilot

Linking material notes

A biological-evaluation note or material designation is proposed as linked to the face on the drawing it belongs to, for the estimator to confirm.

Pilot

Tracing UDI-relevant characteristics

A characteristic that needs a Unique Device Identification is shown with the same traceability as any other requirement: measured, derived, assumed or unconfirmed.

Direction

Recognising certificate requirements, direction

Which process, such as CNC machining, must appear on the ISO 13485 certificate is something the model is designed to learn to watch for. Not yet confirmed running.

Direction

Medical parts as a feature family, direction

Implant and instrument parts share a family of characteristics the model is designed to recognise across drawings. A design principle, not a confirmed, ratified function, and not a claim that Blake is already used in this sector.

Process-specific AI models

One shared representation of the part, its requirements and the factory. Each manufacturing process gets a specialised AI model that learns how geometry, process choices and production resources affect manufacturability, time and cost. Milling first.

Milling

First process model

Features, tooling, setups and cycle time for 3-axis and 3+2 machining.

Turning

Second process model

Turned profiles and grooves on the same feature model.

Wire and sink EDM

Next process family

Extending the world model beyond mechanical cutting into electrical-discharge machining, developed with specialist manufacturing partners.

Sheet metal

On the roadmap

Grinding

On the roadmap

Welding and assembly

On the roadmap