1st Edition

Handbook of Human Factors in Medical Device Design

842 Pages
by CRC Press

844 Pages
by CRC Press

Developed to promote the design of safe, effective, and usable medical devices, Handbook of Human Factors in Medical Device Design provides a single convenient source of authoritative information to support evidence-based design and evaluation of medical device user interfaces using rigorous human factors engineering principles. It offers guidance on user-centric design supported by discussions... Read more

Introduction, M.E. Wiklund
General Principles, M.E. Wiklund and M.B. Weinger
Basic Human Abilities, E.W. Israelski
Environment of Use, P. Carayon, B. Tzion Karsh, C.J. Alvarado, M.B. Weinger, and M.  Wiklund
Anthropometry and Biomechanics, W.G. Allread and E.W. Israelski
Documentation, J.W. Gwynne III and D.A. Kobus
Testing and Evaluation, E.W. Israelski
Controls, S.B. Wilcox
Visual Displays, W.H. Muto and M.E. Maddox
Connections and Connectors, J.F. Dyro
Alarm Design, S.B. Wilcox
Software User Interfaces, M.E. Wiklund
Workstations, M.E. Wiklund
Signs, Symbols, and Markings, M.J. Kalsher and M.S. Wogalter
Packaging, M.E. Maddox and L.W. Avery
Device Life Cycle, M.E. Maddox and L.W. Avery
Hand Tool Design, R. Botney, M.B. Privitera, R. Berguer and R. Radwin
Mobile Medical Devices, R. Stein and M.E. Wiklund
Home Health Care, D.J. Gardner-Bonneau
Cross-National and Cross-Cultural Design of Medical Devices, U. Hoelscher, L. Liu, T. Gruchmann, and C. Pantiskas
Editors
Contributors
Index

Biography

Matthew Bret Weinger, Michael E. Wiklund, Daryle Jean Gardner-Bonneau

"... interesting, well-written, and achieves the goal of raising the reader's awareness of important design issues. I loved the book and now that I've told my colleagues they want to read it as well, so we'll buy one for our library since I'm not giving up my copy! Although it is not intended to provide specific solutions to design problems, even a reader with experience in equipment design will most definitely gain new insights into the man-machine interface of medical devices."
— Jonathan A Gaev, Biomedical Engineering Online


"… the chapters go far beyond the design process guidance of AAMI’s ANSI standard. It provides expanded discussions of design issues, presents product design case studies, and gives supporting illustrations. … Readers are given a particularly nice treat near the end of this voluminous handbook in the form of a set of photos and short bio sketches about the three editors and the 22 contributors."
—Gerald P. Krueger, ergonomics in design, July 2013