Do you know the principles and characteristics of medical product design?

Update:24-08-2021
Summary:

As a tool, medical equipment products are also an exten […]

As a tool, medical equipment products are also an extension of people's physical senses and thinking. In the face of special groups of users, it should abandon the performance without emotion, try to reflect the concept of affinity and humanistic care, and truly realize the care and respect of medical equipment for people. And humanized design pays more attention to the needs of people. It uses the knowledge of multiple disciplines to expand the connotation of functions, so that the designed products have more vitality. Medical products are different from industrial products used in daily life. Medical products are specialized products with their own characteristics.

1. Safety of medical products:

The safety of medical products is particularly important in product design. As a tool for treating patients, the safety performance of the product itself is a prerequisite for patients to accept the product. The product itself must meet the following requirements: it cannot undermine clinical use or patient safety; it cannot undermine the safety and health of users and other personnel; it cannot cause any hazards that are related to the acceptable hazards of the components used and exceed the benefits.

Most of the functions of medical products are relatively single, with strong specificity, often design a product for a disease, and this product only has a good effect on this disease. The users of medical products also have greater limitations. Patients all hope that the treatment process is as easy as possible, and do not feel depressed or irritable when receiving treatment. Modern medical products must show care for human nature.
2. Industrial design principles of medical products:

Like other industrial products, the design of medical products must follow the principles of product design. But the medical product is a special product, and must meet the specific requirements of the medical product during the design process.

(1) The product itself cannot cause harm to the health of the user and the user.

(2) The components used by the manufacturer for product design and configuration should comply with safety principles and should take into account the current technical status of relevant industries.

(3) In addition to ensuring the above requirements in the design and production of medical products, special attention should be paid to the following points:

The selection of materials used in the product, especially involving poisons or flammables; the intended purpose of the product should be considered, and the compatibility of the material and biological tissues, cells and body fluids should be paid attention to. The design and production of the product should ensure that it is in normal use or in the normal process. The safe use of materials, substances and gases necessary for the use in contact with it. Taking into account the intended purpose of the product, the design, production and packaging of medical products should ensure that the risks of personnel and patients involved in the process of transportation, storage and use are minimized.