Human Factors Engineering

Medical device manufacturers need to design for a new kind of user. This has big implications not just for the devices they design but also for how they do business.

Next-generation medical devices with hardware/software interactions need a new, holistic development methodology.

How does the new EU Medical Device Regulation relate to human factors and usability? It depends if your medical product is existing or new.

I am fortunate to be working with a great client in the medical equipment industry within a very meaningful product category.

Though we work in the service industry for larger corporations on a day-to-day basis, some of my favorite opportunities come in the form of community work.

In the immediate aftermath of any newsworthy accident, we often hear the words "human error" or "user error".

What does it take to run a restaurant?

Now more than ever, society is hungry for simplicity and human connection.

You can probably point to a medical device or healthcare service that left you feeling dissatisfied or, even worse, disrespected.

You can probably point to a medical device or healthcare service that left you feeling dissatisfied or, even worse, disrespected.

We recently met with the adaptive sports experts at No Limits Kids Fitness to choose one of several design approaches for our hand cycle.

The recent tragedies of workers killed at factories in Germany and India may seem like new phenomena to some because robotic arms were involved, but they’re not.

In late 2014, Design Concepts worked with No Limits Kids Fitness to launch an Indiegogo campaign to help us build a prototype of an adjustable hand cycle that grows with kids with physical disabilities.

Medical diagnostics is where the often unwieldy, slow-moving beast of healthcare collides with mind-blowing, quickly changing advances in technology. It is the behind-the-scenes intersection where healthcare workers interact with equipment, day in and day out, in hospitals, clinics, laboratories and universities. This is where fast and accurate results may mean the difference between someone getting the correct diagnosis and treatment in time and, well, not.