Medical Product Design

The 6 Reasons Medical Device Companies Skip Formative User Testing – and Why They Shouldn’t

by Chris Ross Posted Oct 04, 2019 In Design Strategy, Medical Product Design

Other than clinical efficacy, a medical device’s ability to meet its users’ needs is the most important predictor of success. For that reason, medical device development should begin with an assessment of user needs. It should return to those needs over and over again throughout the development [...]

Designing for Two: Balancing the Needs of Prescribers and Patients for Home Health Medical Devices

by Kevin Fleming Posted Sep 27, 2019 In Design Strategy, Medical Product Design

The most successful medical devices are those designed specifically with users’ needs in mind. That’s a pretty basic tenet of product design, right? But what happens when a device has more than one group of users, each with a competing set of needs? If your home health medical device is prescrib [...]

The Value of Well-Crafted User Interface Design

by John Salisbury Posted Sep 17, 2019 In Medical Product Design, User Interface Design

Well-crafted interface design transcends being just a pretty face for software applications. Companies often put less importance on the user interface design of a software application than the functional software developm [...]

Me-Too Medical Products: How to Avoid the Top Five Mistakes

by Chris Ross Posted Sep 09, 2019 In Design Strategy, Medical Product Design

Let’s say one of your competitors introduces a successful new medical device to the market that would make sense as part of your suite of products. If you’re like most medical device companies, you’re probably tempted to bring your own version of the product to market as quickly as [...]

Project Diagnostics: Understanding the Crucial First Step in the Medical Device Development Process

by Chris Ross Posted Aug 21, 2019 In Design Strategy, Medical Product Design

[mk_page_section][vc_column][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1566861555941{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}"]Medical product development is a long and complex journey. Whether your company is an ambitious startup or an established industry leader, of course you already know you need to have a plan. Bu [...]

Designing the Right Medical Product Starts with Defining User Needs. Here’s How to Do it Right.

by Andy Moulds Posted Jul 23, 2019 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 [...]

How To Design Home Health Products That Inspire Patient Compliance

by Paul Klock Posted Jul 16, 2019 In Design Strategy, Medical Product Design

The success of home health products can be measured in much the same way as any other medical device: How well does the product work? To what extent does it improve health outcomes? How are sales? But, unlike medical devices for clinical settings, home health products must also succeed in another ca [...]

Does Your Medical Device Need Design Controls? Here’s What You Need to Know.

by Chris Ross Posted Jun 21, 2019 In Design Strategy, Medical Product Design

New medical devices offer fresh opportunities for your company to improve health outcomes, push the boundaries of medical innovation, and grow your business. Who wouldn’t be excited about that? But these devices also carry varying levels of risk that must be carefully managed. As the product manuf [...]

The Future is Now: Conceptual Product Design and the Next Generation of Medical Devices

by John Salisbury Posted Jun 12, 2019 In Design Strategy, Medical Product Design

The medical device industry is more competitive than it's ever been, and rapidly evolving new technologies are adding fuel to the fire. Now more than ever, innovation is a must. Your market share is what's at stake. That means you need to develop a clear vision for the next generation of medical dev [...]

Our Discovery Workshop – How We Uncover Essential Project Criteria

by Ryan Held Posted May 29, 2019 In Medical Product Design, User Insights & Design Research

Medical device companies can’t develop products without first understanding what their customers need.  (In the same fashion, physicians can’t treat patients without first understanding their ailments.) The diagnostic phase is critical. In fact, we won’t begin a major medical product desig [...]

How GD&T Makes Better Medical Products Possible

by Kevin Larmer Posted May 24, 2019 In Engineering, Medical Product Design

Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) is intimidating even for trained engineers to pick up. GD&T has a set of vocabulary that is initially impenetrable and throws out a lot of traditional drawing practices. Once you get past all the new terms and how they interact with one anothe [...]

How a Unified Brand Language Builds Trust in Your Products

by Chris Ross Posted May 17, 2019 In Design Strategy, Medical Product Design

Imagine an operating suite where a surgeon might use two of your company’s medical devices in the same procedure. She puts down one instrument and picks up the other … and pauses for a beat because the two tools feel different in her hands. They look different, too. Your company may have mult [...]

MindFlow Design Moves to Own Building in Carlsbad

by Chris Ross Posted May 03, 2019 In Medical Product Design