Medical Product Design

The Key to New Product Development? Fresh User Insights & Market Knowledge

by Ryan Held Posted Apr 24, 2019 In Medical Product Design, User Insights & Design Research

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Whether you’re a medical product startup working to break into a new market or an industry giant trying to defend your space, finding actionable insight based on your market's needs is a key component to new product development (NPD). Insightful, considerate d [...]

Mapping a Better User Experience in Medical Product Design

by John Salisbury Posted Apr 22, 2019 In Medical Product Design, User Interface Design

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]When designers and developers are building a software application, they commonly use a wireframe — a schematic that shows how elements are arranged on a page or screen — to guide the process. These wireframes are typically basic page elements that incorpora [...]

Three Approaches (& Consequences) of Affixing a Medical Device to Skin

by David Giuntoli Posted Mar 28, 2019 In Engineering, Medical Product Design

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]There are three popular methods to hold a medical device or treatment onto the human body: tie it on, stick it on or suction it on. The first method was developed by our prehistoric grandparents to hold remedies of flora and what-have-you by tying it in place wi [...]

Whitepaper; Cleaning, Sterilizing & Disinfecting Medical Devices: How to Specify the Right Chemical Formulation

by Andy Moulds Posted Mar 21, 2019 In Engineering, Medical Product Design

  If your medical device is reusable, a method for cleaning and disinfection must be specified by the medical device manufacturer as well as instruction for users on how to clean it. These elements are mandatory whether the product is used in a hospital, laboratory, doctor's office, or at ho [...]

Human Factors and Usability Summary Report: Why You (& the FDA) Need a Good One

by Chris Ross Posted Mar 13, 2019 In Human Factors & Usability Testing, Medical Product Design

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The last thing a medical device manufacturer wants to receive in response to their FDA filing is a “request for additional information.” It’s usually not a deal killer, but at the very least it’s going to delay the approval process and ultimately your pr [...]

In-House Tests Reveal Early Problems in Medical Device Designs

by Andy Moulds Posted Mar 06, 2019 In Engineering, Medical Product Design

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Within medical device companies, a dedicated team — either quality assurance (QA) or verification and validation (V&V) groups — is often tasked with ensuring that products in development meet a range of standards. Verification involves lab-based prototyp [...]

5 Strategies for Using Design Research to Develop Better Devices

by Ryan Held Posted Mar 04, 2019 In Medical Product Design, User Insights & Design Research

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The way a surgeon handles a technologically advanced instrument in the operating room. The way a respiratory therapist interacts with the display on a mobile ventilator. The way a patient uses a handheld monitor at home to measure her blood glucose.

Imagi [...]

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 [...]

Prototyping and Testing for Successful User Experience Designs

by John Salisbury Posted Feb 14, 2019 In Medical Product Design, User Interface Design

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]How can you ensure a successful medical software product launch? At MPE (Formerly Mindflow) we do so by utilizing UX design prototypes in combination with in-depth user testing in our one-of-a-kind usability lab.

When designing a user experience for a sof [...]

Know Your Customers: How to Mesh Market and Design Research

by Chris Ross Posted Feb 07, 2019 In Medical Product Design, User Insights & Design Research

People at medical device companies ask us all the time, “How do I find out what my customer really wants?”  It’s usually out of frustration because what they’re doing isn’t meeting their customers' expectations. We’ve seen it all -- the good, the bad, and the ugly. Years of designi [...]

Testing Saves: Break Something… Before Users Do

by Andy Moulds Posted Feb 06, 2019 In Medical Product Design

The models and expectations you have built may fail to capture all the interactions of the system that you need in order to ensure a successful product enters your users' hands. Real-world testing saves us from ourselves. Testing reduces long-term costs, prevents late-stage schedule failures and, [...]

White Paper: Formative Testing—Your Medical Product Design Strategy Can’t Work Without It

by Chris Ross Posted Oct 09, 2018 In Human Factors & Usability Testing, Medical Product Design

Have you ever said to yourself of a product, “WOW, it feels like they designed this just for me!” or “I didn’t even know I needed one of these?” It’s a great feeling. Some company out there cared enough to solve your problem and put a smile on your face. In the healthcare world, that [...]

A Medical Device Designer’s Guide to Skin-Related Products

by David Giuntoli Posted Sep 25, 2018 In Engineering, Medical Product Design

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The approximate 20 square feet that we call our skin is astonishing at allowing us to move, to control our body temperature, and to survive life's tumbles. Thankfully this exterior organ is very good at repairing itself, but it has limits. These limitations are [...]

Designing Digital Interfaces with More Effective User Experience Processes

by John Salisbury Posted Sep 12, 2018 In Medical Product Design, User Interface Design

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]When a company decides to create a software based product, generally the intent is to capitalize on a known business opportunity and take it to market quickly so as to maximize profitability. Many times, these companies prioritize assembling software development [...]