Citation:
R. Rasoulifar, G. Thomann, F. Villeneuve, Scenarios and the Design Process in Medical Applications, Proceedings of the 19th CIRP Design Conference – Competitive Design, Cranfield University, 30-31 March 2009, pp490
Abstract:
Scenario has been largely used in design progression of different engineering disciplines, mostly in software
engineering and Human-Machine Interaction. Scenario helps the software designers to border on the user and
usage requirements. Although the design process in many fields of product engineering deals with tasks and
functions, and step away from the final users, in medical and healthcare product design the understanding and
specification of user requirements become an important issue. Thus, scenario can play an essential role as a
tool for engineers to help them to identify and determine the usage of the medical devices. This paper
investigates the use of scenarios in design development of healthcare products, and proposes a new concept
of using scenarios in the evaluation phase of user dependent healthcare products. Our proposed model for
scenario driven approach represents the confrontation between engineering (device design) and medical
(usage), through the scenario specification. The new scenario specifies: cure procedure, device functions,
usage situation and observation.