Understanding users and how they use medical devices is important if you want to involve usability or human factors engineering as a prediction tool for how they may be used in real life. Researching and evaluating users in theory and practice with medical devices should give confidence in the potential uptake and use, which it…
DetailsA few weeks ago, one of the THAY Medical team presented at the Wearable Drug Delivery conference in London, run by ONdrugDelivery and The Management Forum. Our Managing Director and principal Human Factors Consultant, Greg Thay presented on the human factors involved in wearable drug delivery. The presentation focused on understanding emotion. Primarily because emotions…
DetailsBefore a medical device can be launched it is recommended that it go through a number of human factors and usability studies to ensure it is safe to use. These studies are used to develop safe medical devices and to ensure that they are usable by the intended users (patients, carers and healthcare professionals ect).…
DetailsI live at home with my family, a number of pets and luckily for myself and my family, very few medical devices. But as I age, I expect to be bringing home from hospitals and pharmacies more home-use medical devices – especially if hospital care is shifting towards home-based treatments and rehabilitation. This I do…
DetailsThis is a continuation of part 1 and looks at more usability requirements. Section 14.2. “Devices shall be designed and manufactured in such a way as to remove or reduce as far as possible; a) the risk of injury, in connection with their physical features, including the volume/pressure ratio, dimensional and where appropriate ergonomic features,…
DetailsWhilst the Medical Device Directive (MDD) had a few mentions of the word “usability”, it was not back in 1993 when it was written, a commonly used term. More often, it was the term “ergonomic” that was used, and this word did make a few appearances in the Essential Requirements (Annex I) of the 1993…
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