Design Process of Medical Devices for Robotic Rehabilitation: An Open Innovation-Inspired Approach

2021 ◽  
pp. 575-584
Author(s):  
Raffaele Formicola ◽  
Federica Ragni ◽  
Alberto Borboni ◽  
Cinzia Amici
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Medical Devices ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
Robotic Rehabilitation

scholarly journals The Design Process for a Birthing Bed: Promoting Improvement in User Satisfaction

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabiola Cortes_Chavez ◽  
Alberto Rossa-Sierra ◽  
Elvia Luz Gonzalez Muñoz
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Medical Devices ◽  
User Satisfaction ◽  
User Acceptance ◽  
Medical Product ◽  
Patient Needs ◽  
New Process ◽  
Final Design ◽  
Product Design Process

This article presents a comparative analysis of birthing beds, using two different design processes to realize if one improves user satisfaction by improving the design process. We present a comparative study between the traditional product design process (consumer product design) and the new design process based on hierarchies (proposed in this study), which improves the final design and increases user acceptance. The study focuses on pointing out the importance of a new design process for medical devices, which can improve the characteristics of the product design and thereby increase user satisfaction. The main contribution of this new process focuses on showing medical device designers the importance of considering the hierarchy of users around a medical product, considering the fluctuation of the patient's health status since depending on the progression of the disease, the patient needs the attention of various users. In turn, final users need to solve specific problems in each phase, and design needs to be prepared for each user's particular needs around the birthing bed and the patient.

scholarly journals A Review of the Design Process for Implantable Orthopedic Medical Devices

2009 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.A Aitchison ◽  
D.W.L Hukins ◽  
J.J Parry ◽  
D.E.T Shepherd ◽  
S.G Trotman
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Medical Devices ◽  
Design Verification ◽  
Design Validation ◽  
Design Changes

The design process for medical devices is highly regulated to ensure the safety of patients. This paper will present a review of the design process for implantable orthopedic medical devices. It will cover the main stages of feasibility, design reviews, design, design verification, manufacture, design validation, design transfer and design changes.

scholarly journals Designing Medical Devices for the Developing World: Best Practices and Hands-on Approaches in D-Lab Health

2010 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amit Srivastava ◽  
Priyanka Jain ◽  
Shichao Liang ◽  
Allen Lin ◽  
Deepali Ravel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
Medical Device ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Medical Devices ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Health Technologies ◽  
Formal Framework ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Health Need

The design of medical technologies for developing countries is a multidisciplinary process. We describe a model process for an appropriate medical device design. D-Lab Health combines real world projects and partners with a diverse student team to provide experiential educational opportunities in a developing country health care setting; in turn, the partners benefit from student medical device designs. In order to effectively communicate practical design strategies toward an appropriate design for medical technology, a series of accelerated technology learning modules was developed using commercially available and customized medical devices. Each module included a formal framework for the students to think about the competing priorities of the user, chooser, payer, and approver of such global health technologies, christened the “global health innovation compass.” These modules provided a hands-on laboratory experience that demystified the design process. This was particularly useful for nonengineering students who were able to add value to the project through their life-sciences background. An essential component of the course was a week-long visit to our field partners in Nicaragua to enable the students to get first hand experience and to identify a health need they could address with a technology solution. Subsequently, the students utilized their hands-on training to develop medical device prototypes within an abbreviated production schedule of 3 weeks. We describe the design process for one such prototype “a low cost glucometer.”

Design Approach of Medical Devices for Regulation Compatibility: A Robotic Rehabilitation Case Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raffaele Formicola ◽  
Federica Ragni ◽  
Maurizio Mor ◽  
Luciano Bissolotti ◽  
Cinzia Amici
Keyword(s):  
Medical Devices ◽  
Design Approach ◽  
Robotic Rehabilitation
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