The Medical Device Design Process

1746 Robert West Drawing School

Dublin Society School of Drawing

Royal Dublin Society School of Drawing

1877 Dublin Metropolitan School of Art

1936 National College of Art

1971 National College of Art and Design

1976 NCAD Industrial Design

2009 MSc Medical Device Design

The History of NCAD

What is the design process?

The truth is it’s really messy…….

With so many things that can go wrong……

But then so is medicine……“We look for medicine to be an orderly field of knowledge and procedure. But it is not. It is an imperfect science, an enterprise of constantly changing knowledge, uncertain information, fallible individuals, and at the same time lives on the line. There is science in what we do, yes, but also habit, intuition, and sometimes plain old guessing. The gap between what we know and what we aim for persists. And this gap complicates everything we do.”― Atul Gawande, Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science

So how do we make sense of it?……

Engineers Vs Designers

Different approaches to design

By taking the Human First Approach

It starts with Contextual Research…..

Detailed task analysis to gain insight….

And putting yourself in the shoes of the user….

And putting yourself in the shoes of the user allows you to gain insights……

Each students then generates a range of concepts through sketching and sketch modelling….

With `sketch modelling early and often…..

A range of concepts is presented…….

And the chosen concept(s) are further developed and evaluated…….

Before the final design specification is decided upon…..

And presented to our partners…….

Educating a new generation of human focused designers and innovators