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When it comes to designing and building novel medical devices to meet the needs of patients and healthcare systems, developers should rely on the core skills of engineering and design to inform their process. But there are “lessons learned” that are unique to the medical device development process.

The team at Goddard has contributed to hundreds of medical device development projects. Here are some of our top tips for creating innovative medical technology.

Human Factors Engineering as a Means to Mitigate Potential Harm for the Patients

Human factors engineering is a critical part of the product development process. And for medical device development, this work is mandated thanks to the medical device regulations put forth by the FDA.

Human factors engineering is defined as the interaction between humans and systems. It can apply to everything from a button’s size to the room that the product will be in.

Human factors engineering activi…

by Orlando Soto (Engineering Manager), Omar Bermudez (Senior Industrial Designer), and Sarah Faulkner (Director of Marketing)

Human factors engineering is a critical – and in some industries, mandated – part of the product development process. The data generated from human factors activities can help you to create products that are useful and can stand up to its competition.

Here are three practical tips to help you keep the core principles of human factors engineering in mind as you design and build.

Tip #1: Start early – human factors data should inform your product’s design

Defined as the science of the interaction between humans and systems, human factors engineering can apply to everything from a button’s size to the room that the product will be in.

It may seem logical to hold off on collecting human factors data until you are ready to put a fully-formed product in front of its intended users. But the data co…