Medical Device Consulting From Concept Through Commercialization.
Palmetto Biomedical helps medical device companies, startups, investors, and innovators develop, evaluate, and commercialize medical technologies. Dr. Boyd brings more than 30 years of hands-on product development experience — not advisory distance, but real development leadership across orthopaedics, spine, sports medicine, biomaterials, biologics, and related fields.
30+
Years across the medical device lifecycle
$100M+
In products developed and commercialized
~70
Issued U.S. patents
4
Graduate degrees, including a Ph.D. from Duke
WHY DR. BOYD
An engineer who has seen every stage of device development.
Dr. Boyd's consulting is grounded in a simple discipline: understand the clinical problem, respect the science, and follow the process. Over three decades, he has invented products, led development teams, founded ventures, and supported commercial launches — and he has done that work inside global companies, early-stage startups, and the academic programs training the next generation of engineers.
Through Palmetto Biomedical, that experience is available to medical device companies, startups, investors, and innovators who need both technical depth and the ability to move forward with confidence. His current role as Professor of the Practice at Clemson keeps him actively engaged in teaching the same frameworks that govern responsible medical device development — which means every engagement benefits from disciplined, current thinking on design controls, risk management, regulatory strategy, and commercialization.
CONSULTING SERVICE CATEGORIES
Where Dr. Boyd's experience adds the most value.
Intellectual Property & Innovation Strategy
With nearly 70 issued U.S. patents and extensive experience working with engineers, physicians, and patent counsel, Dr. Boyd brings practical insight into how technical development and IP strategy work together. Support may include preparing materials for patent counsel, evaluating design alternatives, supporting invention disclosures, and aligning IP strategy with commercialization goals.
Medical Device Product Development & Commercialization
From early concept through commercial launch, Dr. Boyd helps companies and innovators move medical technologies forward with discipline and confidence. Support may include development planning, design-control strategy, design-input review, product-development process improvement, and guidance on the technical, clinical, regulatory, and business tradeoffs that shape successful medical devices.
Testing, Verification & Validation Strategy
Good testing isn't just about checking boxes — it's about asking the right questions at the right time. Dr. Boyd helps teams think through what needs to be tested, why it matters, and how testing supports safety, performance, and regulatory expectations. Support may include test-method selection, standards identification, protocol development, acceptance criteria, and interpretation of results.
Technology Assessment & Due Diligence
Whether you're evaluating an acquisition, a licensing opportunity, a startup investment, or an internal program, Dr. Boyd brings the experience to assess what matters: technical feasibility, development risk, IP position, competitive landscape, regulatory complexity, and commercialization potential.
Prototype Development & Vendor Coordination
Prototyping done right answers critical development questions — it doesn't just build the minimally viable product. Dr. Boyd helps teams define prototype objectives, translate clinical needs into design concepts, and coordinate with outside design, machining, testing, and fabrication resources. The goal is to move efficiently from idea to a prototype that can answer critical development questions, reduce uncertainty, and support the next stage of design, testing, funding, or commercialization.
Training, Education & Technical Communication
Complex medical device concepts need to be explained clearly — to engineers, executives, investors, regulatory teams, and sometimes juries.
Dr. Boyd's combined industry and teaching background supports workshops, technical briefings, sales-force education, white papers, technical reports, and investor-facing narratives across product development, risk management, design controls, regulatory strategy, and commercialization.
EXPERIENCE IN PRACTICE
The work behind the consulting.
Dr. Boyd brings a builder’s perspective — shaped by founded ventures, issued patents, commercialized products, and decades of medical device development experience.
WHO WE WORK WITH
Partners across the medical device ecosystem.
• Medical Device Companies
• Investors & Venture Firms
• Early-Stage Startups
• University Tech Transfer Groups
• Entrepreneurs and Clinical Inventors
• Product Development and R&D Teams
READY TO GET STARTED?
Let's talk about what you're building.
Most engagements begin with a direct conversation about the challenge, the technology, and where outside expertise can make the biggest difference.