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Design and modeling of medical devices

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 660-2014/01
Abbreviation DMZP
Course title Design and modeling of medical devices
Credits 6
Coordinating department Centre for Advanced Innovation Technologies
Course coordinator Ing. Martina Kalová, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction
Design, what it is. Examples from practice. Business lessons from experts. See it through the eyes of the people around you. Design and collaboration. Application. How far does design go? How far does the passion for design go? Boundaries between personal life and work? You will never look at the surgery the same again, nor at the products in the waiting room.
2. Assignment
Grasp as a real assignment. Body tool. Help for the home environment.
The tool your loved one needs. The tool I'm ashamed of - is the redesign.
3. Focus on the user
In-depth interviews, understanding their lifestyle, methodology, and recruitment.
4. User focus
Interviews, hospital visits, environment, evaluations, presentations. Understanding the needs of the user we are designing for. The need of the hospital, the environment, and the system.
3. Electronics, construction, and materials
How will it work? How big will the necessary electronics, and flashlights be? What materials will I use, will I try?
4. Designing
Creative board - inspiration - Figma, Miro board - how to record it, mind maps. Drawing - basics - map. Usage scenarios. Basics of 3D modeling.
5 - 7. Modeling
Software, Pros, Cons of Modeling Tools, Clay - Back to Basics, Scanning, Basics of Modeling in 3D Software, Basics of Design (For Printing, Printing, and Prototyping).
8. Testing - user tests
Do people understand how to use it? What are their feelings? Need guidance or explanation? Test scenario, evaluation - what worked and what didn't?
9 - 10. Improvement - wheel iteration
Consultation across disciplines - materials, construction, marketing - ask questions, map, drawing, model, print.
11 - 12. Construction for production
The model that will be created with the parameters for series production, the material - we know what we make it from and account for it in the model, we know how to make it, and in how many pieces.
13 - 14. Marketing, promotion
Visualization, leaflet - manual, colors, fonts, graphics.

Literature

1. DAVIM, J. P., ed. The design and manufacture of medical devices. Cambridge: Woodhead Publishing, 2012. Woodhead Publishing reviews: mechanical engineering. ISBN 9781907568725.
2. LEITSMANN, Roman, Philipp PLÄNITZ a Michael SCHREIBER. In-vitro materials design: modern atomistic simulation methods for engineers. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH, [2015]. ISBN 978-3-527-33423-0.
3. ZEMAN, Lubomír. Vstřikování plastů 2: simulace, analýzy, odstaňování vad, 3D tisk : teorie a praxe. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2021. ISBN 978-80-271-1294-4.
4. Design Thinking: Integrating Innovation, Customer Experience, and Brand Value, Thomas Lockwood and Edgar Papke, ISBN 978-1581156683 
5. Change by Design: How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires
Innovation, Tim Brown, ISBN 978-0061766084 
6. Design Thinking for Strategic Innovation: What They Can't Teach You at Business or Design School, Idris Mootee, ISBN 978-1118620120 
7. Designing for Health: An Introduction to the Interdisciplinary Field of Health Design, Mardelle Shepley and Amy Cohn, ISBN 978-0470457592 
8. Transforming Healthcare Through Intensive Technology, Mark Gehring, ISBN 978-
0132102217

Advised literature

1. Ogrodnik, P. J. (2019). Medical device design: innovation from concept to market. Academic Press.
2. The Design of Everyday Things" by Don Norman, ISBN 978-0465050659 
3. Don't Make Me Think" by Steve Krug, ISBN 978-0321965516 
4. Designing for Wellness: Healthcare Spaces that Heal, Jain Malkin, ISBN 978-
0470881273
5. Design for Care: Innovating Healthcare Experience, Peter Jones, ISBN 978-
1933820361
6. Healthcare Design, Cynthia A. Leibrock and Debra Harris, ISBN 978-0470250807