Medical Product Design
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Whitepaper: How to Leverage Your Medical Device Use Specification to Build a Better Product
by Chris Ross Posted Jan 07, 2021 In Medical Product Design
Medical device development is full of regulatory hoops and documentation. Unfortunately, it’s all too easy to view some of the requirements as little more than “paperwork.” The use specification document is a prime example. Composed of just a handful of short questions, the use specificatio [...]
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9 Questions to Ask to Create a Foolproof Manufacturing Plan for Your Medical Device
by Andy Moulds Posted Dec 28, 2020 In Medical Product Design
Nothing about launching a new medical device is simple. From the FDA’s regulatory requirements to usability testing, medical device development can seem downright byzantine. Unfortunately, the same thing goes for medical device manufacturing. With so many interdependencies at play, creating a manu [...]
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Medical Device Cleaning, Disinfection, and Sterilization 101
by Carmen Cumming Posted Dec 10, 2020 In Design Strategy, Medical Product Design
How do you have to clean medical devices? And why is that process so complicated? It boils down to a few questions:
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What is a Formative Usability Evaluation? (And Why Does Your Medical Device Need It?)
by Paul Klock Posted Dec 07, 2020 In Medical Product Design, User Insights & Design Research
The most successful medical devices aren’t just safe and effective. They also make their end users’ lives easier. Unfortunately, an excellent user experience (UX) is far from inevitable. In fact, a great UX sets medical devices apart precisely because designing a truly user-centric expe [...]
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Why Common Plastics Are Failing in Hospital Settings
by Andy Moulds Posted Dec 04, 2020 In Engineering, Medical Product Design
Patient safety and reducing hospital stays is the priority for healthcare institutions and one of the focus areas is preventing patients from getting HAIs (Healthcare-associated infections) during their stay. These HAIs are the responsibility of the institution and have to be treated and paid for by [...]
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When (and How) to Integrate Usability into Your Medical Product Development
by Ryan Held Posted Nov 30, 2020 In Design Strategy, Medical Product Design
Human factors and usability activities play a vital role in medical product development. Not only do they help provide insight for development, they are also closely tied to risk management and regulatory requirements. We often encounter medical device manufacturers that need guidance to underst [...]
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How to Design and Produce Injection Molded Parts For Your Medical Device
by David Giuntoli Posted Nov 25, 2020 In Engineering, Medical Product Design
From toys and automotive parts to cell phones and mechanical components, injection molded parts can be found in many of the objects we interact with each day. In fact, it would be difficult to picture our world without them. And the same goes for medical devices, which are often designed with injec [...]
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Avoid Costly Missteps and Oversights with the Right Medical Device Development Partner
by Chris Ross Posted Oct 20, 2020 In Design Strategy, Medical Product Design
It doesn't matter if your medical device company is a hungry new startup or a seasoned industry leader: There are times when you need to augment your in-house team’s capabilities. Whether you need help with user interface design, engineering, usability testing, or all of the above, the success of [...]
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Tips for Sourcing Commercial Off-The-Shelf Parts for Your Medical Device
by Carmen Cumming Posted Oct 14, 2020 In Engineering, Medical Product Design
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Medical devices are often entirely custom, but what happens when you don't want to get into the business of making a custom display? Or a computer? These electronic devices have to conform to certain standards for the consumer market, but what if they are going to [...]
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Want to Produce a Stellar Software-Driven Medical Device? Focus on the Hardware.
by John Salisbury Posted Sep 18, 2020 In Medical Product Design, User Interface Design
In your quest to design a user-friendly, software-driven medical device, you likely plan to spend the lion’s share of your time and attention on, well, the software. Make no mistake, the quality of your software and user interface (UI) are critically important. But they aren’t the only factors t [...]
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Determine Your Medical Device’s FDA Classification Before It’s Too Late
by David Giuntoli Posted Sep 14, 2020 In Design Strategy, Medical Product Design
If you’re planning to bring a new medical device to market, your first order of business is to determine how your product will be classified by the Food and Drug Administration. As you likely already know, the FDA oversees the production of all medical devices in the United States. The FDA's me [...]
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Whitepaper: Build Your Medical Device’s Brand Equity with User-Friendly Labeling
by Chris Ross Posted Sep 03, 2020 In Design Strategy, Medical Product Design
If you want to defend and grow your medical device brand's position in the market over the long haul, you need to compete on more than just your technology. You need a top-notch user experience to maintain your competitive advantage. Chances are, you've already invested in making your medical dev [...]
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Designing the Right Medical Product Starts with Defining User Needs. Here’s How to Do it Right.
by Andy Moulds Posted Aug 26, 2020 In Design Strategy, Engineering, Medical Product Design
If you’re thinking of bringing a new medical device to the market, you probably already know that your first step is to determine whether or not you need to follow the FDA’s Design Controls. If yours is l [...]
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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
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 assemble your desk. This is probably [...]
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Apply the Top UX/UI Design Trends to Make Your Device’s Software Stand Out
by John Salisbury Posted Jul 30, 2020 In Design Strategy, Medical Product Design, User Insights & Design Research
It is essential to pay attention to emerging user experience trends in regard to your medical product. User experiences for software serving the medical industry have traditionally run a bit behind the consumer-based user experiences found in the apps people interact with daily. There is a good reas [...]
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