Medical Device Cleaning, Disinfection, and Sterilization 101
How do you have to clean medical devices? And why is that process so complicated? It boils down to a few questions:
What is a Formative Usability Evaluation? (And Why Does Your Medical Device Need It?)
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, [...]
Want to Produce a Stellar Software-Driven Medical Device? Focus on the Hardware.
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 [...]
In Human Factors & Usability Testing, Industrial Design, Medical Product Design, User Interface Design
Posted Designing an IFU for Usability – Not Vanity
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 [...]
Medical Device Development is Complex — But it Doesn’t Have to be Difficult
Most medical devices involve some degree of complexity. Of course, that’s inherently true of high-risk and technologically sophisticated devices. But even the most straightforward medical device [...]
Top 5 Tips For Designing User-Friendly, CLIA-Waived Medical Diagnostics
Patients (and their doctors) are increasingly seeking out speedy results from medical tests. As a result, more and more medical device companies are producing streamlined versions of complex [...]
