Medical Device and Equipment Design: Usability Engineering and Ergonomics: Usability Engineering and Ergonomics (Hardback) - Michael E. Wiklund

ISBN: 0935184694 Stock status: Available to order, firm sale only - not returnable Published: Feb 1995 Format: Hardback Pages: 398 The key to profitability and success in both the medical device and the equipment markets often relates to how easy your products are to use. User acceptance and preference frequently is dependent upon ergonomic design.Medical Device and Equipment Design helps you enhance your product design, maximize user acceptance, and minimize potential problems in the marketplace. It provides practical guidance on how to plan and incorporate ergonomic design principles into medical devices and equipment so users intuitively feel comfortable with the product.Design engineers, usability and reliability engineers, software programmers, documentation specialists, product managers, quality engineers, and market/product managers will find this text invaluable in getting usability built into products from the very beginning. Contents: TAKING A USER-CENTERED APPROACH TO DESIGNHow to Implement Usability EngineeringManaging the Transition to a User-Centered Approach to DesignMeasuring the Usability PayoffTHE NEED FOR USABLE MEDICAL DEVICESMedical Device Usability: A Survey of Critical-Care NursesHuman Error Signals Opportunity for Design ImprovementDETERMINING USER REQUIREMENTSConducting Effective Focus GroupsThe Making of a Task-Oriented ProductSetting Product Usability GoalsComputer-Based Tools for Anthropometric DesignDESIGN THE USER INTERFACEThe Value of Human Factors GuidelinesImproving the Visual Design of Computer ScreensMaking Color a Contributing Component of the User InterfaceThe Role of Symbols in User InterfacesCommunicating Clinical Information with Auditory SignalsDesigning Medical Devices for Older UsersCumulative Trauma Disorders: Implications for Product DesignDesigning for PortabilityDesigning Packaging for Convenience and SafetyKeyboards: Assessing User Satisfaction and Performance CapabilitiesChoosing an Effective Pointing DevicePROTOTYPING THE USER INTERFACEPrototyping the User InterfaceUser-Interface Prototypes: How Realistic Should They Be TESTING THE USER INTERFACEUsability Tests of Medical Products as a Prelude to the Clinical TrialBuilding a Usability Test LaboratoryDEVELOPING LEARNING TOOLS AND WARNINGSWriting Effective User ManualsCreating Quick-Reference Guides for Medical DevicesIn Search of Effective WarningsSPECIAL TOPICSThe Usability Payoff: Case Study of a Syringe PumpErgonomic Design of MIS DevicesResourcesIndex