The use of embedded software in medical devices is increasing rapidly. Coupled with many recent technological advances that allow more sophisticated embedded devices to proliferate is a focus on competitive differentiation and correspondingly on delivering feature-rich embedded medical products.

The Food and Drug Administration regulates much of the US medical device market, with stringent regulatory control of product and process, even extending through supplier chains. And here, software is an intrinsic and vital part of the product composition.

By adopting and enforcing a demonstrable commitment to software quality, practitioners in the medical device market are better positioned to meet legislative and regulatory requirement. In particular, coding standards are best practice when developing embedded software, and equip your development team with the right approach to meeting even the most stringent demands.

While the leading static analysis tools QA·C & QA·C++ provide the flexibility to introduce and enforce varied coding standards that ensure quality, safety and reliability, the Management Information System provides a reporting framework to document and demonstrate compliance to standards over time and across product versions.

The medical market is expected to become one of the most significant growth areas for embedded software development in the near future, thanks to the widespread development and adoption of home care solutions. Any company active in this exciting and rapidly expanding market has adoption of the best tools for software development on their critical care list.