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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"medical device design"”.
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The Storytelling + Design Framework: Design Guidance for the Concept Phase of Medical Device Design
… Safety and Health’s (NIOSH) “Prevention through Design” (PtD) initiative encourages the exploration of different methods to foster dialogue between engineers and healthcare workers. Although engineers are encouraged to follow a user-centered design (UCD) process to identify user needs (ANSI/AAMI, …
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Image-Based Morphological Modeling of Soft and Bony Tissue with Applications in Prognostics and Medical Device Design
Improvements in non-invasive imaging and three-dimensional visualization techniques permit highly detailed morphological analyses of internal organs. Morphometric quantification of bony and soft tissue anatomy from computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance 1 images is used to quantify shape …
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Design of a laparoscopic simulation device for testing and training
… laparoscopic tools. The alpha prototype was designed for testing tools for an MIT medical device design class, while the beta prototype was designed as a low-cost and more realistic substitute to simulators currently on the market.
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Experiments, Modelling, and Simulations for a Gel Bonded to a Rigid Substrate
… with a rigid substrate, which is useful in medical device design. Using polyacrylamide gel as a model system, the configuration of a thin rectangular polyacrylamide gel covalently bonded on the top surface to a glass substrate after reaching swelling equilibrium is investigated by …
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Investigation of Storytelling as a Requirements Elicitation Method for Medical Devices
Medical device usability directly impacts the practitioner's ability to perform their diagnostic task in an effective, efficient, and safe manner. A device with poor usability may frustrate the practitioner, increasing the worker's stress level in a high-stress work environment. In addition, a …
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Controllable magnetic systems for minimally invasive surgery
This thesis covers the design and development of a controllable electromagnetic compression medical device that addresses the need for control of magnetic attraction in the clinical setting. This work outlines the design of a magnetic medical device to be used for anchoring or compression, namely …
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Design, build and test of a planar biaxial tensile testing machine for skin and other collagenous soft tissues
… tissue. The focus of this project was the design and construction of a planar biaxial tensile testing machine, suitable for ultimately testing skin and other soft membrane tissues. The mechanical properties of skin and other collagenous soft tissues are of interest to a wide range of …
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Design and Fabrication of Optomechanical Formalin Fixation Monitoring Systems Integrated with a Millifluidic Device
Engineering design is a multi-step process and becoming more challenging when it comes to a translational system that requires new information framework for interdisciplinary fields such as medicine. The translational research is initiated from identifying a clinical niche and followed by …