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The Future of Blood Glucose Sensing
August 25, 2010 at 12:31 PM by Dan StipeSticking your finger with a lancet will be a thing of the past. Non-invasive sensing will be a relatively near-term reality.
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Tags: sensors
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Devices in the New Economy
August 19, 2010 at 9:17 AM by Dan StipePeople don’t have jobs so they can’t spend. The rampant consumerism that fueled the industrial age economy is gone. The service economy didn’t stand up to its hype. The information age produced the dot-com bubble. Forget about the jobs of the future -- where will the jobs of the present come from? How will the millions out of work be employed again? And what does all this mean for the health care industry and for designers and manufacturers of medical devices?
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Tags: reducing-cost preventative-care
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Preparing for the Future
August 11, 2010 at 9:09 AM by Dan StipeWhat are the emerging trends in healthcare, and how can medical device designers prepare for them?
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Tags: preventative-health consumerization sustainability self-care
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Questioning Constraints
July 28, 2010 at 4:38 PM by Dan StipeFar too often we’re presented with projects that arrive with constraints already firmly established ...
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Tags: innovation brainstorming
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True Innovation
July 13, 2010 at 9:39 AM by Dan StipeStarts with courage. Courage to challenge the status quo. Courage to question constraints. Courage to defy the system. Courage to fight the me-too mentality. Courage to think big.
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Tags: innovation
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Sustainability and Medical Device Design
July 8, 2010 at 9:32 AM by Dan StipeAs the demand for sustainability grows louder, medical device designers will need to find ways to significantly reduce environmental impact.
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Tags: sustainability
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Wellness and Self-Care
June 30, 2010 at 10:40 AM by Dan StipeMedical device design is primarily focused on treating problems, not on preventing them. In the future, containing health care costs will increasingly rely on maintaining wellness rather than curing once a problem has arisen.
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Tags: self-care personal-informatics wellness
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Automatic Physiological Monitoring
June 24, 2010 at 3:07 PM by Dan StipeWe’ve written previously about personal informatics in health care, and have noted that sensing technology and automatic data capture need to get better before personal informatics can become mainstream. Here are some examples of the current state of sensing and automatic capture technology.
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Tags: personal-informatics sensors
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Color in Medical Device Design
June 17, 2010 at 1:42 PM by Dan StipeColor is one of the most influential elements of a design. It’s also a complex, somewhat mysterious subject. Most people, especially non-designers, know little about its constituents and properties.
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Tags: medical-device-design color
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Personal Informatics: Automatic Data Capture
June 9, 2010 at 9:20 AM by Dan StipeOne of the biggest challenges in applying personal informatics in the medical arena lies in the sensing technology needed. Non-invasiveness and automatic data capture are the keys here.
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Personal Informatics
June 1, 2010 at 9:59 AM by Dan Stipe"Personal Informatics" is a fairly new phenomenon, and one that will grow substantially in coming years. What is it, where is it headed, and why should medical device designers care?
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Health Care is Moving from Hospital to Home
May 26, 2010 at 9:37 AM by Dan StipeOne of the major trends in health care is that care once provided in the hospital or clinic is increasingly being provided at home by care givers or by the patients themselves. This trend gives rise to a number of issues that affect medical device design.
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Tags: consumer-devices aesthetics intuitive sterility
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How Will Personal Genomics Impact Medical Device Design?
May 18, 2010 at 10:38 AM by Dan StipeIt’s predicted that sequencing a person’s genome will continue to get quicker and less expensive, to the point where it will take less than 10 minutes and cost under $100.
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Cultural Differences
May 12, 2010 at 11:25 AM by Dan StipeDesigning successful products for a worldwide audience requires being sensitive to cultural differences.
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Tags: user research culture medical products design
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Interpreting User Research
May 4, 2010 at 9:32 AM by Dan StipePeople are wary of things they aren’t familiar with. You need to keep this at top of mind when interpreting what users tell you.
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Designing for Patients
April 13, 2010 at 9:37 AM by Dan StipeTo provide quality health care, one of a physician’s greatest concerns is that their patients comply with the physician’s prescribed treatment regimen. In treatment regimens where a device is needed to deliver the prescribed drug, the design of the device contributes significantly to acceptance by patients and, thereby, to compliance.
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Tags: compliance diabetes treatment design device
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Where Innovation Goes to Die
March 30, 2010 at 12:01 PM by Dan StipeWant to kill an idea? Put it before a committee.
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Tags: innovation committees
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Devices in Their Natural Environment
March 16, 2010 at 9:45 AM by Dan StipeHospital rooms, medical clinics and operating suites present unique design challenges.
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Tags: ergonomics environment
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Manufacturing Constraints: the Good and the Bad
March 3, 2010 at 4:03 PM by Dan StipeIn some respects, medical devices have fewer manufacturing constraints than do products in other industries.
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Tags: manufacturing medical device
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Smart Market
February 23, 2010 at 8:59 AM by Dan StipeIn the medical device industry, designers often deal with decision makers who are medical doctors or scientists trained in specialized fields.
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Design as Differentiator
February 9, 2010 at 9:59 AM by Dan StipeMany young medical device companies believe that their product will succeed in the market simply because their technology is stunning. Why should such a company invest in industrial design?
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Tags: device industrial strategy medical design
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Testing Prototypes
February 3, 2010 at 9:46 AM by Dan StipeIn most industries, you can get away with testing early prototypes using parts fabricated from various rapid prototyping technologies.
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Tags: prototypes marketing
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Can We All Just Get Along?
January 26, 2010 at 8:43 AM by Dan StipeIt’s always a good idea to use multidisciplinary teams in a product development project. In the medical device industry, the interaction between the design and engineering functions requires an even closer collaboration than usual.
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Tags: engineering collaboration multidisciplinary design teams
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Patent Envy
January 20, 2010 at 3:45 PM by Dan StipeIn all markets, products that have patentable features enjoy advantage over competitors. So why is intellectual property more important in the medical device design field?
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Tags: device patents medical design
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When to Think About Manufacturing and Assembly
January 4, 2010 at 9:58 AM by Dan StipeIn other markets, part features that aid efficient manufacturing/assembly normally don’t need to be considered until the detailed engineering phase of the design process.
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Tags: device manufacturing assembly medical design
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The Issue of Sterility
December 11, 2009 at 12:12 PM by Dan StipeThe requirement for sterility is unique to the medical market. What are the design implications?
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Tags: market sterility reusable medical e-beam design EtO
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Good Design Wins Only Half the Battle
November 23, 2009 at 8:54 AM by Dan StipeWe’ve all been through the experience of having a client insist on changes to a design that will make it, let’s say, less than optimal.
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Tags: influence design good
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Comply or Die
November 17, 2009 at 8:53 AM by Dan StipeWhat you need to know about the FDA and the design process.
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Tags: process compliance design FDA
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Molecular-level Interactions: Small Can Be Big
November 9, 2009 at 9:43 AM by Dan StipeWhat happens at the tiny scale of molecules can have a direct impact on what designers do.
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Tags: market medical design molecular
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Materiality
November 2, 2009 at 9:22 AM by Dan StipeThe specialized nature of medical device design, part 3: med device materials.
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Tags: drug sterilization delivery particulate device inspection materials biocompatibility
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Playing For All The Chips
October 26, 2009 at 8:56 AM by Dan StipePart 2 of our discussion of the specialized nature of medical device design: poor design can be life-threatening.
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Tags: usability interface intuitive design unintended specialized uses
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Medical Devices and the High Cost of Health Care
October 19, 2009 at 11:47 AM by Dan StipeDo high product development costs contribute to the rising cost of health care?
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Tags: costs regulation product development health contaiment care government
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The Specialized Nature of Medical Device Design
October 12, 2009 at 9:17 AM by Dan StipeMedical device designers need a specialized knowledge set.
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Tags: training knowledge specialized
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Hello World!
October 6, 2009 at 12:30 PM by Dan StipeI haven't found many blogs that talk specifically about medical device design. So I'm starting this one.
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Tags: device industrial medical design
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