Medical Product Design
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Competitive Technology Teardown – A Springboard to Meaningful Innovation
by David Giuntoli Posted Nov 17, 2022 In Medical Product Design
The process of developing and launching a medical device literally requires thousands of cumulative hours focused on deep user research, scrupulous testing and detailed reporting. And though technological advancement is always top of mind for design teams, the lengthy device development process is n [...]
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4 Services to Meet Any Medical Device Development Challenge Head-On
by Chris Ross Posted Nov 09, 2022 In Medical Product Design
As you develop a medical device, there will be moments it becomes apparent you need outside assistance. Maybe you just started a company based on a groundbreaking idea or intellectual property, so you want an external partner to help you develop the core technology. Or perhaps you’re partway th [...]
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What is a Formative Usability Evaluation? (And Why Does Your Medical Device Need It?)
by Paul Klock Posted Nov 01, 2022 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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3 Steps to an FDA-Worthy Human Factors Validation Study
by Elyse Hallett Posted Nov 01, 2022 In Human Factors & Usability Testing, Medical Product Design
A human factors validation study is an exercise to prove a market-ready product’s usability and safety in the hands of representative end users. You may know this as summative usability testing. However, the FDA dislikes this term as it can “omit essential components of human factors validati [...]
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How to Achieve IEC 60601-1 Without Slowing Down Your Time to Market
by Andy Moulds Posted Sep 12, 2022 In Medical Product Design
To successfully get a medical device to market, there’s a complex network of reporting, testing, certifications and submissions that need to be completed. And then there’s the paperwork that follows in order to prove the results. All this is done in the name of safety and effectiveness. A med [...]
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Create Valuable Medical Products with Human Factors Integrated Design
by Ryan Held Posted Sep 01, 2022 In Design Strategy, Medical Product Design
Medical devices are complex to develop. The process can take months for a relatively simple product to years for something more sophisticated. As a company bringing medical devices to market, your priority is to develop a successful, safe, and effective product as quickly as possible. But before [...]
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Whitepaper: Medical Device Leaders’ Comprehensive Guide to Human Factors Engineering
by Elyse Hallett Posted Jul 29, 2022 In Human Factors & Usability Testing, Medical Product Design
Developing a medical device is already a long, involved, and often expensive process. Adding time and personnel to conduct human factors engineering (HFE) seems like a high cost addition, and for what benefit? HFE actually serves two immensely valuable purposes and vastly benefits the medical dev [...]
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Level Up Your FDA-Required IFUs for Mobile Medical Apps
by Jesse Rutherford Posted Jul 26, 2022 In Medical Product Design, User Interface Design
Smartphones have brought convenience and exciting possibilities for countless aspects of life, including tracking personal wellness and fitness. And software applications that act as medical devices offer [...]
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6 Ways to Create Stellar Consumer Health Products That Improve Quality of Life
by Chris Ross Posted Jun 03, 2022 In Design Strategy, Medical Product Design
Consumer health products are simp [...] -
Human Factors Engineering vs. UX: Are They Really All That Different?
by Chris Ross Posted May 30, 2022 In Design Strategy, Human Factors & Usability Testing, Medical Product Design
From a medical device development perspective, the goal of human factors engineering, usability, and user experience activities is the same: To release a product that meets users’ needs in a safe, effective, straightforward, and delightful way. But the technical definitions of these terms can v [...]
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Whitepaper: 4 Design Decision Pitfalls That Derail Medical Device Usability
by Paul Klock Posted Apr 04, 2022 In Design Strategy, Medical Product Design
Focusing on usability as you develop a medical device is paramount. Without properly considering user needs from the get-go, you risk creating a product that doesn’t meet user expectations and consequently falls flat in the marketplace. Unfortunately, it’s all too easy to misstep when it come [...]
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How To Design Home Health Products That Inspire Patient Compliance
by Paul Klock Posted Mar 22, 2022 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 [...]
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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
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 the medical space, the role of software in medical devices is changing. Today, it’s more common [...]
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Risk Management in Action: Harms and Probabilities of Occurrence and Severity for Your Medical Device
by Andy Moulds Posted Feb 02, 2022 In Medical Product Design
The risk management process for medical devices can be overwhelming. It’s a lot of pressure to account for and mitigate risks so your medical device is both safe for users and meets the FDA’s exacting requirements. Not to mention the risk management process itself is never-ending. It [...]
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How Core Technology Bridges the Gap Between Science & a Salable Medical Device
by David Giuntoli Posted Jan 12, 2022 In Design Strategy, Engineering, Medical Product Design
You have a new technology or application for a medical discovery. That discovery will ideally turn into a successful medical device. At MindFlow Design, we think about this process from discovery through to product monetization in 3 broad stages:
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