Contextual Inquiry for Medical Device Design

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-0-12-801852-1
Verlag: ACADEMIC PRESS

Buch, Englisch, 310 Seiten, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 720 g

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.

Zielgruppe

<p>Medical device industry professionals in design, engineering, marketing and regulatory; students in industrial design, design research, and biomedical engineering</p>

Autoren/Hrsg.

Privitera, Mary Beth

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Medizintechnik, Biomedizintechnik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizintechnik, Biomedizintechnik, Medizinische Werkstoffe

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword
Preface
Chapter 1 Introduction to Contextual Inquiry
Chapter 2 Planning a CI Study for Medical Device Developmnet
Chapter 3 Contextual Inquiry Methods
Chapter 4 Executing and Documenting a CI Study
Chapter 5 Analysis of Data
Chapter 6 Developing Insights
Chapter 7 Data Visualization
Chapter 8 A CI Case Study in Cerebral Angiography for Product Development Strategy and Clinical Training
Chapter 9 Biomarker Strategies SnapPath: CI Case Study
Chapter 10 Contextual Inquiry as a Tool for Medical Device Development: The Case for Harmonic Focus
Chapter 11 Case Study: Using CI to Inform Design Development of Incision and Draining Pack
Chapter 12 Quick Reference Guide

Über Autor(innen)

Privitera, Mary Beth
Dr. Mary Beth Privitera, M.Design, FIDSA, is internationally known as an expert in medical product design, specifically in the area of applied human factors. She is a Professor at the University of Cincinnati's Department of Biomedical Engineering and works collaboratively among the Colleges of Medicine, Engineering and Design. She is a consultant to the medical device industry with expertise in user interaction design and human factors. Additionally, she serves as faculty and co-chair of the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation's Human Engineering Committee.

As a Professor at the University of Cincinnati's Department of Biomedical Engineering, she is a Co-Founder of the Medical Device Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program. Her previous academic appointments include industrial design and in the Department of Emergency Medicine.

She has worked on devices which are intended for use across the practice of medicine and in home health situations. Her current research focuses on applied ergonomics and design interpretation. She has conducted contextual inquiry studies throughout the hospital with results intended to inform the design of devices, including physiologic monitoring and clinical decision making, software-based tools including intraprocedural augmented reality. In addition, she currently has had research funding supported by the Gates Foundation and US FDA CDER Division. She is a Fulbright Scholar in collaboration with the University of Nottingham.