How Ranfac Forge works
Forge organizes medical device development into five distinct stages. Each stage stands alone with its own deliverable and price. Customers enter at the stage that matches where their idea is today.
Stage 1
Concept Clinic
A clinician or inventor describes a medical device idea. Forge returns a structured concept brief covering problem framing, regulatory pathway, potential predicate devices, feasibility considerations, and a recommended next step. Free or $99–499.
Try Concept Clinic →Stage 2
Feasibility Sprint
A Ranfac engineer produces a validated feasibility package: design-for-manufacturability analysis, regulatory pathway estimate, Manufacturing Match panel against Ranfac's validated process library, and an indicative quote with an explicit accuracy band. Replaces 8–12 weeks of traditional consulting.
Stage 2 details →Stage 3
Design Transfer
The full regulatory documentation set: Design History File, Device Master Record, risk file, verification and validation plans, and a first article. All formatted in Ranfac's manufacturing ingestion format so transfer into production is weeks, not months. 50% of the fee credits against your first manufacturing PO if you produce at Ranfac.
Stage 3 details →Stage 4
Manufacturing
FDA-registered, ISO 13485-certified production at Ranfac. The existing CDMO operation, now fed by a structured funnel of programs that arrive with their DHF in Ranfac format, capacity confirmed, and a pre-priced quote in hand. Standard CDMO margins; no Forge-specific pricing.
Stage 4 details →Stage 5
Post-Market
Ongoing quality intelligence: AI-drafted NCRs reviewed by Ranfac engineers, CAPA workflow management, change control, complaint analysis, and audit preparation. Free or discounted year 1 for manufacturing customers.
Stage 5 details →When your project isn't a manufacturing fit
Not every device that comes through Forge is a Ranfac manufacturing fit. When it isn't, we don't try to coerce it into one. Instead, customers who completed Stage 2 or Stage 3 can use RFQ Services to convert their work into an industry-grade RFQ document and (optionally) hire a Ranfac engineer to manage component sourcing. Ranfac never recommends specific vendors — the goal is to equip the customer to choose.
Principle: AI-assisted, never AI-only
Every commercial commitment a Forge customer makes passes through a Ranfac engineer or estimator. AI compresses the documentation and analysis work that historically took weeks per engineer; humans validate, correct, and own the final deliverable. Pricing at every stage reflects that the value is the validated output, not the AI baseline.