Industrial Design

Marrying Software and Hardware: The Pressures and Pain Points of Building a Software-Driven Medical Device

by Chris Ross Posted Feb 18, 2022 In Industrial Design, Medical Product Design

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1687564921275{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}"]Medical devices are increasingly built around software. Of course, almost any medical device with a battery or power cord has a software component of some kind. But as more and more tech companies enter [...]

Demystifying the Role of Industrial Design in Medical Product Development

by Chris Ross Posted Jan 04, 2022 In Industrial Design, Medical Product Design

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Industrial design is so important that it can single-handedly determine the success or failure of your medical device. Think of it as the bridge that connects your technology with the people who use it. The type of bridge you build determines the way people will [...]

Designing an IFU for Usability – Not Vanity

by Carmen Cumming Posted Aug 11, 2020 In Human Factors & Usability Testing, Industrial Design, Medical Product Design, User Interface Design

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Consider a time when you opened up a new product. Maybe you just bought an IKEA desk, and you are super excited to get to using your new "FOLUBAN." You open the box, pull out the pieces, and a paper falls out with drawings of tiny people guiding you on how to as [...]

Top 5 Tips For Designing User-Friendly, CLIA-Waived Medical Diagnostics

by Paul Klock Posted May 04, 2020 In Industrial Design, Medical Product Design, User Interface Design

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Patients (and their doctors) are increasingly seeking out speedy results from medical tests. As a result, more and more medical device companies are producing streamlined versions of  complex diagnostics that were originally developed for centralized laboratori [...]

Product Development 101: How to Design a Medical Product People Will Connect With

by Paul Klock Posted Feb 28, 2019 In Industrial Design, Medical Product Design

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Companies that choose to bypass (or simply overlook) the iterative design, prototyping, and user testing part of the product development process are at great risk of not meeting ke [...]

Firm Lands at Intersection of Health Care and Medical Devices

by Chris Ross Posted Jun 26, 2017 In Industrial Design

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Why Does a Surgeon Care About a Stylish Pacemaker?

by Chris Ross Posted May 31, 2017 In Industrial Design, Medical Product Design

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]At first glance the question, “Why does a surgeon care about a stylish pacemaker?” might seem absurd.  In fact, you could substitute the word pacemaker with any number of products found in a hospital and probably get a similar reaction from most in the medi [...]

3 top trends in medical industrial design

by Chris Ross Posted May 16, 2017 In Industrial Design

Every year, manufacturers create new medical products to maintain health and quality of life for patients. While the goals remain consistent, new t [...]

5 steps for making your medical product look “less medical”

by Chris Ross Posted Dec 12, 2016 In Industrial Design, Medical Product Design

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]"Just don’t make it look medical."

As we research what people want in a home health product, this is what we hear most frequently. Typically, this distaste for a medical l [...]

Do Your Products Speak the Same Design Language?

by Chris Ross Posted Oct 01, 2015 In Design Strategy, Industrial Design, Medical Product Design

In touring a Fortune 100 medical device manufacturer’s headquarters recently, I was most impressed by the way they showcased all of their products in simulated hospital rooms. These included a nursing station, an intensive care unit, an operating room, and a pharmacy. It was so real I expected a g [...]