Abstract
Biomedical product design involves a complex series of activities that has to be performed by a team which, in order to have sufficient expertise, must be composed of people of various disciplines. Design of biomedical products is quite different from designing consumer products. The main question is how to create high-quality biomedical products that can solve a medical problem. A new design method has been developed for designing biomedical products, based on an iterative approach and characterized by five phases: an analysis phase, three synthesis phases and the use phase. To enable medical, technical and industrial experts to work together, the fundamental differences between the three groups must be known and accepted. A second condition for a properly functioning design team is that are the required roles are filled. Finally, a character analysis of the team members can prevent or solve conflicts.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Biomaterials in Modern Medicine |
| Subtitle of host publication | The Groningen Perspective |
| Editors | Gerhard Rakhorst, Rutger Ploeg |
| Place of Publication | Signapore |
| Publisher | World Scientific |
| Pages | 23-38 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-981-270-957-8 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-981-270-956-1 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2008 |
| Externally published | Yes |