During our inaugural Medical Device Virtual Summit – 2021, Tom KraMer of Kablooe Design presented a featured presentation titled “Human Factors Engineering in New Product Development.”

Human factors engineering is extremely integral to user/market adoption. Understanding some of the tools available on the front end of product development might help you avoid downstream problems, before they become time and money wasters. Human factors engineering is one such tool. Human factors engineering will consider issues such as how people interact with your device so that the product is used correctly—every single time. It may include building in safeguards that prevent misuse, especially important with devices used in life and death environments. Defining the role of human factor engineering within the realm of product development is critical, and the industry can learn from numerous real world examples and case studies. Designing a solution without considering how someone may use it is potentially dangerous and can (significantly) impact market adoption.

Some of the issues we will discuss include:

1. What is human factors engineering?
2. What role does human factors engineering play in the product development cycle?
3. How do you implement it in your product development plan?