Invisible Users: Applying Human Factors to Medical Device Servicing and Maintenance
Medical device design often focuses solely on clinical users, overlooking a crucial group: maintenance personnel. This oversight can lead to inefficient servicing, increased downtime, and potential safety risks. In this episode, we explore the importance of applying humanfactors principles to medical device maintenance and servicing. Our expert guest, Avital Zik from Medtronic, discusses strategies for incorporating service personnel needs into device design, creating more user-friendly maintenance processes, and improving overall devicereliability. Rita Lin, Director of HFE at Kymanox, also offers her insight from past experiences working at the FDA and in industry. Learn how considering the full lifecycle of medical devices, from installation to repair, can enhance patient safety, reduce costs, and streamline healthcare operations. Join us as we uncover the hidden world of medical device maintenance and its impact on healthcare delivery. About the Factor: The Factor, your trusted podcast for the life sciences industry. Join us as we tackle the essential factors that drive successful commercial products. Our team interviews industry thought leaders to explore regulatory compliance, market trends, and innovation. Stay ahead in this dynamic industry. About Kymanox: Kymanox has proven, collaborative, end-to-end solutions that help bring life science products to the market – and keep them there. We are a global professional services organization that supports comprehensive drug development with integrated science, engineering, compliance (e.g., QA/RA), and technical project management. Our work across small and large molecules, medical devices, and combination products affords us a wholly unique advantage. With our diverse team of experts, Kymanox helps clients navigate commercialization challenges that arise throughout a product’s life cycle – from early development to post-market – with optimized safety, quality, efficacy, and accessibility. We strive to advance life science innovation through insightful solutions and collaboration…because patients deserve better. Kymanox was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Morrisville, North Carolina USA. Kymanox is backed by WestView Capital Partners, a Boston-based growth equity firm. For more information, visit https://www.kymanox.com/. The Factor is edited and produced by Earfluence.
