A User Centred Approach to Eliciting and Representing Experience in Surgical Instrument Development

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2009-03-31

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Cranfield University Press

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J. Restrepo, T.A. Nielsen, S.M. Pedersen, T.C.McAloone, A User Centred Approach to Eliciting and Representing Experience in Surgical Instrument Development, Proceedings of the 19th CIRP Design Conference – Competitive Design, Cranfield University, 30-31 March 2009, pp518

Abstract

Requirements elicitation for surgical equipment development is a challenging task. On the one hand, designers need to acquire a significant amount of domain and procedural knowledge to understand and discuss surgical tasks, which is difficult and resource intensive. On the other hand, there are restrictions to surgeons observation related to ethics, regulations and availability. This paper proposes a framework for the elicitation, representation and communication of surgeons’ experience and their translation into requirements and concepts for new surgical instrument development. The framework is showcased by the development of an improved surgical instrument for laparoscopic surgery.

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Organised by: Cranfield University

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Github

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User Experience, User Centred Design, Surgical Task Analysis, Requirements Engineering

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Copyright: Cranfield University 2009

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Mori Seiki – The Machine Tool Company