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More people are getting into motion capture. More people who don't know much about motion capture are getting into motion capture. This, of course, leads to people who will take advantage of this lack of kn

According to USFDA, a combination product is one composed of any combination of a drug and device; biological product and device; drug and biological product

owledge. You could see many examples of this at GDC this year.

I’m not going to go through the obvious steps in buying a motion capture system like analyze your requirements, your budget, your application,

; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug.

Examples of combination products may in

and your space. All of that is easy. What’s not so easy is separating the good motion capture systems from the bad. While it can be a matter of opinion what is good and what is bad, there are some aspects

lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.

of motion capture you should think about before committing to a motion capture system.

Beware of the claim “No Clean Up Required”

A claim I have often seen is “No clean up required.” There is no dispute

here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe

hat Vicon, and to a lesser extent Motion Analysis, are the premiere motion capture systems. These are high end, high-priced motion capture systems that, in the right hands, can provide incredible motion c

d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.

Combination pro

pture. Even the data from these systems needs clean up. When a company makes this claim for a system that is less than $100,000, they either have no sense of what “good” data looks like or are trying to foo

ucts have become life saving products for the pharmaceutical companies who doesn’t have many innovative molecules in their product pipeline and have been inc

customers who do not know much about motion capture. Either way, I would not buy a system from them. I see this claim and I wonder what else they are lying about. Beware of the claim “No clean up require

easingly used in the product life cycle management. Even the companies having product patents are trying to extend their product life cycle through the combi

d”

Beware of the Video

In marketing it is called “bait and switch”. The video shown on the home page shows great motion capture data. Is it from the system you are about to buy? How much time did it

nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically

ake to get the raw data cleaned up for this video? Are you buying an 8 camera system based on data you’ve seen from a 24 camera system? Beware of the video.

Have you seen it working?

There are some mot

and physically. They need to rightly judge the benefits of the combination products and they have to even look at the risks involved when combining the produ

on capture companies that show up every year at trade shows like Siggraph and GDC but never get their system running. If they are running then they may be on an inaccessible stage. Are they moving in slow m

ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi

tion? Are they doing a predefined set of moves? Can you interact with the motion capture artist? If you cannot ask the artist to do some motions you pick then no, you have not seen the system working.

Do

ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it.

Following aspects would a

s the character walk across the floor?

A normal walk is one of the hardest motions to capture because everyone has a sense of what it should look like. There is no valid reason for having a character pi

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod

ned to the wall. If a company tries to explain why, walk away, they are hiding something. Before I buy a system I want to see the character, as raw data, walking across the floor.

How much space do I need

cts are meaningful and rational?
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin

nd what is the size of the motion capture area?

Vicon is the leader in motion capture but the system needs a large, stable area. There are some systems that claim they need no markers, just video camera

tions increase the patient compliance?
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen

s. Ask how much space is required for how much capture area. It probably needs a large space for a small capture area. Ask about the footprint of the capture area. This is the area on the floor the artist i

t?

As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel

able to move about in. Also ask about the vertical capture area. Can you capture below the knees, can you jump? Some systems have small footprints and small vertical areas making them virtually unusable.

ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

Space required and capture area are two important aspects of a motion capture system.

What can I do with the data?

You are a customer new to motion capture. You’ve found the perfect motion capture sy

y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products

tem for your application. Where do you go for support if you have questions about using the data? Can you call the hardware company and ask them how to get the data from the viewer software, to an animation

.

As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de

program, and then into a game engine? If the company does not know how to use the data or does not know how to clean up the data, walk away. I would want to buy from a company that knows what you can do wit

elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

the data.

Motion capture can be fun and productive, or not. Ask these important questions before you buy a system. It will make a huge difference to your motion capture experience.

Happy Motion Capturing

tion in industry events and feedback to regulatory authorities would be able to face the challenges and will be successful in developing combination products

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