Some say that the best industrial design is invisible, and if you notice it, something's wrong. That's seems especially true with medical devices, which most people only encounter when... well, something's wrong. So when med-tech firm ...READ»
Even if someone has a heart attack, it routinely takes three hours before the symptoms become manifest. And that's precisely the problem--Every hour that ER treatment is delayed raises the chance of death by a percentage point, so ...READ»
Medical devices present myriad design, ergonomic and functionality problems. The best of them put design cleverness on full display--and the best were just announced, in the 2009 Medical Design Excellence Awards.
Some ...READ»
After two years of work, the results of a project to imagine the ambulance of the future have been unveiled, and the results are exactly as gee-whiz, what-will-they-think-of-next as you hoped. Dubbed "Healthcare on the Move: ...READ»
