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https://www.blackhagendesign.com/2021/09/23/the-influence-of-aesthetics-on-usability-engineering/September 23, 2021- How a medical product's impression enables usability has scientific premises in human factors/usability engineering (UE) and industrial design....
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https://www.blackhagendesign.com/2021/09/22/want-fresh-views-on-your-development-send-your-rd-out/September 22, 2021- Outsourcing your research and development can help streamline operations and offer a fresh perspective. ...
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https://www.blackhagendesign.com/2021/08/16/complex-healthcare-systems-present-optimization-opportunities/August 16, 2021- Guided by usability experts, a workflow design process can be developed that exemplifies best practices and leads to the optimization of the continuum of care....
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https://www.blackhagendesign.com/2021/08/16/minimally-invasive-device-technology/August 16, 2021- Since the turn of the century, advancements in capability using Minimally invasive surgical (MIS) techniques have been nothing short of miraculous....
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https://www.blackhagendesign.com/2021/06/21/designing-safer-patient-operated-medical-devices/June 21, 2021- There are real benefits to rigorously integrating human factors engineering —or usability design—into the development of patient or end user operated devices used in home-based healthcare and wearables for real-time monitoring and drug delivery....
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https://www.blackhagendesign.com/2021/04/30/unlocking-the-future-for-patient-use-combination-devices/April 30, 2021- This article highlights the benefits of rigorously integrating usability design into the development of patient or layperson-operated combination devices used in home-based healthcare....
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https://www.blackhagendesign.com/2021/04/01/is-a-medical-robot-really-a-robot/April 1, 2021- First of all, there are no true medical robots; none of the systems out there called medical robots are autonomous with regard to duplicating human activity, and few are even semi-autonomous....
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https://www.blackhagendesign.com/2020/09/03/the-human-factors-of-aesthetics-2/September 3, 2020- Often the aesthetic of a device or system experience is considered a commercial objective and even a tertiary, superficial aspect of design development in the healthcare ecosystem. ...
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https://www.blackhagendesign.com/2020/05/08/current-state-of-design-mind/May 8, 2020- It is an exciting time to be a medical device design engineer. Development opportunities abound as medical device manufacturers (MDMs) seek to make smaller, more complex, and more functional devices....
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https://www.blackhagendesign.com/2020/04/07/supercharge-medical-device-innovation-using-effective-user-preference-studies/April 7, 2020- User preference and evaluation studies have been a mainstay design tool for medical device development for decades. To veteran engineers, this design tool is simply good practice....