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For makers of innovative medical devices, mobile apps present a major opportunity for creating products that involve patients more directly in their own healthcare. However, it’s important to [...]

Consumer health products are simple and affordable home-use medical devices, often involving a service. They are transforming healthcare by migrating functional care from the hospital to the [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

It’s a consequential decision to hand over the responsibility of designing your medical device to an outside team — even if it’s only for part of the project. You need to have a lot of trust and [...]