Contextual Inquiry for Medical Device Design helps users understand the everyday use of medical devices and the way their usage supports the development of better products and increased market acceptance. The text explains the concept of contextual inquiry using real-life examples to illustrate its application. Case studies provide a frame of reference on how contextual inquiry is successfully used during product design, ultimately producing safer, improved medical devices. Presents the ways contextual inquiry can be used to inform the evaluation and business case of technology Helps users understand the everyday use of medical devices and the way their usage supports the development of better products Includes case studies that provide a frame of reference on how contextual inquiry is successfully used during the product design process
Also discussed are other barriers, such as communication breakdowns between users and design teams. This book is an excellent reference for professionals working in human factors, design, engineering, marketing and regulation.
This book provides the bridge between engineering design and medical device development.
This is the only book that describes a complete approach to customer-centered design, from customer data to system design. Readers will be able to develop the work models that represent all aspects of customer work practices.
But Apple also needed a way to distribute the product and a business model to sell it; they needed distribution and business model readiness. To get there, Apple built on its already successful processes (Fig. 9.1) to design and sell ...
First published in 2001: This handbook has been written to give those professionals working in the development and use of medical devices practical knowledge about biomedical technology, regulations, and their relationship to quality health ...
The concept of an open city, highlights a new form of urban governance providing user-oriented municipal services as ... executive director of WDC Helsinki 2012, said in an interview “a design-driven city is a user-centric city” [8].
In the context of this book the case studies consider Class I (EU) and 510(k) exempt (FDA) . This book covers classifications, the conceptual and embodiment phase, plus design from idea to PDS.
The 75 papers included in this volume are organized in the following topical sections: design for aging; health and rehabilitation applications; accessible smart and assistive environments; assistive robots and mobility, navigation and ...
Except as permitted under U.S. Copyright Law, no part of this book may be reprinted, reproduced, transmitted, ... and the CRC Press Web site at http://www.crcpress.com Dedication The editors express their gratitude to Peter Carstensen for.
Medical Device Design and Regulation