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Research Strategy Human Factors Usability Engineering IEC ISO 62366 Industrial Design Product Engineering DFM Manufacturing Medical Design Usability User Centered Sketching Development Ideation Design Thinking Idea Brainstorm Ergonomics Interaction Experience Healthcare usability engineering user friendliness Delivery system medical device handle product hand design innovation Rapid Prototyping concepts prototypes New Medical Product Design Expertise medical device product design capabilities mechanical design industrial design language style colour touch material form look feel safety housing injection moulding procedure instrument IP intellectual property designer engineers sketch sketching render observation insights 3d printing blow moulding clean room manufacturing blow moulding contract manufacturing printing, assembly packaging NSAI 13485 Synecco design development contact manufacturing life science sectors steerable catheter user interface Vertical Injection Moulding Machine Twin shot moulding Over moulding Insert moulding High cavitation moulding Cleanroom moulding User-Centered Peripheral Stent Delivery Device
User-Centered Peripheral Stent Delivery Device
Hummingbird

The Hummingbird system addresses RSI with an ultra-intuitive form factor driven by sound human factors engineering.

Delivering a long stent into the vasculature (in rare cases up to 300mm in length) requires a huge amount of individual actuations with the thumb, subsequently, there is a real risk of repetitive strain injury (RSI) developing.

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The associated force required to deliver a stent into complex and tortuous vessels can also be extremely high, the thumb is largely controlled by the intrinsic muscles of the hand, which although are excellent at delivering precise control, are not optimised for delivering high levels of force

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This is compounded by the multiple actuations required which can lead to fatigue of the thumb in many cases.

Rather than single thumb actuation for the whole stent deployment, the thumbwheel is used for initial deployment and then the users can active mode button (locking thumbwheel and engaging trigger handle).
 
The trigger handle is then used for rapid macro deployment. This drastically reduces the chances of RSI developing.

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The hand pump action used for the trigger handle utilises the large extrinsic muscles of the forearm, which are optimised for delivering large amounts of controlled force. Making the Hummingbird the ideal stent delivery platform while maintaining the necessary level of precision.
 

Research Strategy Human Factors Usability Engineering IEC ISO 62366 Industrial Design Product Engineering DFM Manufacturing Medical Design Usability User Centered Sketching Development Ideation Design Thinking Idea Brainstorm Ergonomics Interaction Experience Healthcare usability engineering user friendliness Delivery system medical device handle product hand design innovation Rapid Prototyping concepts prototypes New Medical Product Design Expertise medical device product design capabilities mechanical design industrial design language style colour touch material form look feel safety housing injection moulding procedure instrument IP intellectual property designer engineers sketch sketching render observation insights 3d printing blow moulding clean room manufacturing blow moulding contract manufacturing printing, assembly packaging NSAI 13485 Synecco design development contact manufacturing life science sectors steerable catheter user interface User-Centered Peripheral Stent Device
Research Strategy Human Factors Usability Engineering IEC ISO 62366 Industrial Design Product Engineering DFM Manufacturing Medical Design Usability User Centered Sketching Development Ideation Design Thinking Idea Brainstorm Ergonomics Interaction Experience Healthcare usability engineering user friendliness Delivery system medical device handle product hand design innovation Rapid Prototyping concepts prototypes New Medical Product Design Expertise medical device product design capabilities mechanical design industrial design language style colour touch material form look feel safety housing injection moulding procedure instrument IP intellectual property designer engineers sketch sketching render observation insights 3d printing blow moulding clean room manufacturing blow moulding contract manufacturing printing, assembly packaging NSAI 13485 Synecco design development contact manufacturing life science sectors steerable catheter user interface User-Centered Peripheral Stent Device
Research Strategy Human Factors Usability Engineering IEC ISO 62366 Industrial Design Product Engineering DFM Manufacturing Medical Design Usability User Centered Sketching Development Ideation Design Thinking Idea Brainstorm Ergonomics Interaction Experience Healthcare usability engineering user friendliness Delivery system medical device handle product hand design innovation Rapid Prototyping concepts prototypes New Medical Product Design Expertise medical device product design capabilities mechanical design industrial design language style colour touch material form look feel safety housing injection moulding procedure instrument IP intellectual property designer engineers sketch sketching render observation insights 3d printing blow moulding clean room manufacturing blow moulding contract manufacturing printing, assembly packaging NSAI 13485 Synecco design development contact manufacturing life science sectors steerable catheter user interface User-Centered Peripheral Stent Device
Research Strategy Human Factors Usability Engineering IEC ISO 62366 Industrial Design Product Engineering DFM Manufacturing Medical Design Usability User Centered Sketching Development Ideation Design Thinking Idea Brainstorm Ergonomics Interaction Experience Healthcare usability engineering user friendliness Delivery system medical device handle product hand design innovation Rapid Prototyping concepts prototypes New Medical Product Design Expertise medical device product design capabilities mechanical design industrial design language style colour touch material form look feel safety housing injection moulding procedure instrument IP intellectual property designer engineers sketch sketching render observation insights 3d printing blow moulding clean room manufacturing blow moulding contract manufacturing printing, assembly packaging NSAI 13485 Synecco design development contact manufacturing life science sectors steerable catheter user interface User-Centered Peripheral Stent Device
Research Strategy Human Factors Usability Engineering IEC ISO 62366 Industrial Design Product Engineering DFM Manufacturing Medical Design Usability User Centered Sketching Development Ideation Design Thinking Idea Brainstorm Ergonomics Interaction Experience Healthcare usability engineering user friendliness Delivery system medical device handle product hand design innovation Rapid Prototyping concepts prototypes New Medical Product Design Expertise medical device product design capabilities mechanical design industrial design language style colour touch material form look feel safety housing injection moulding procedure instrument IP intellectual property designer engineers sketch sketching render observation insights 3d printing blow moulding clean room manufacturing blow moulding contract manufacturing printing, assembly packaging NSAI 13485 Synecco design development contact manufacturing life science sectors steerable catheter user interface User-Centered Peripheral Stent Device
Research Strategy Human Factors Usability Engineering IEC ISO 62366 Industrial Design Product Engineering DFM Manufacturing Medical Design Usability User Centered Sketching Development Ideation Design Thinking Idea Brainstorm Ergonomics Interaction Experience Healthcare usability engineering user friendliness Delivery system medical device handle product hand design innovation Rapid Prototyping concepts prototypes New Medical Product Design Expertise medical device product design capabilities mechanical design industrial design language style colour touch material form look feel safety housing injection moulding procedure instrument IP intellectual property designer engineers sketch sketching render observation insights 3d printing blow moulding clean room manufacturing blow moulding contract manufacturing printing, assembly packaging NSAI 13485 Synecco design development contact manufacturing life science sectors steerable catheter user interface User-Centered Peripheral Stent Device
Research Strategy Human Factors Usability Engineering IEC ISO 62366 Industrial Design Product Engineering DFM Manufacturing Medical Design Usability User Centered Sketching Development Ideation Design Thinking Idea Brainstorm Ergonomics Interaction Experience Healthcare usability engineering user friendliness Delivery system medical device handle product hand design innovation Rapid Prototyping concepts prototypes New Medical Product Design Expertise medical device product design capabilities mechanical design industrial design language style colour touch material form look feel safety housing injection moulding procedure instrument IP intellectual property designer engineers sketch sketching render observation insights 3d printing blow moulding clean room manufacturing blow moulding contract manufacturing printing, assembly packaging NSAI 13485 Synecco design development contact manufacturing life science sectors steerable catheter user interface User-Centered Peripheral Stent Device
Research Strategy Human Factors Usability Engineering IEC ISO 62366 Industrial Design Product Engineering DFM Manufacturing Medical Design Usability User Centered Sketching Development Ideation Design Thinking Idea Brainstorm Ergonomics Interaction Experience Healthcare usability engineering user friendliness Delivery system medical device handle product hand design innovation Rapid Prototyping concepts prototypes New Medical Product Design Expertise medical device product design capabilities mechanical design industrial design language style colour touch material form look feel safety housing injection moulding procedure instrument IP intellectual property designer engineers sketch sketching render observation insights 3d printing blow moulding clean room manufacturing blow moulding contract manufacturing printing, assembly packaging NSAI 13485 Synecco design development contact manufacturing life science sectors steerable catheter user interface User-Centered Peripheral Stent Device
Research Strategy Human Factors Usability Engineering IEC ISO 62366 Industrial Design Product Engineering DFM Manufacturing Medical Design Usability User Centered Sketching Development Ideation Design Thinking Idea Brainstorm Ergonomics Interaction Experience Healthcare usability engineering user friendliness Delivery system medical device handle product hand design innovation Rapid Prototyping concepts prototypes New Medical Product Design Expertise medical device product design capabilities mechanical design industrial design language style colour touch material form look feel safety housing injection moulding procedure instrument IP intellectual property designer engineers sketch sketching render observation insights 3d printing blow moulding clean room manufacturing blow moulding contract manufacturing printing, assembly packaging NSAI 13485 Synecco design development contact manufacturing life science sectors steerable catheter user interface User-Centered Peripheral Stent Device
Research Strategy Human Factors Usability Engineering IEC ISO 62366 Industrial Design Product Engineering DFM Manufacturing Medical Design Usability User Centered Sketching Development Ideation Design Thinking Idea Brainstorm Ergonomics Interaction Experience Healthcare usability engineering user friendliness Delivery system medical device handle product hand design innovation Rapid Prototyping concepts prototypes New Medical Product Design Expertise medical device product design capabilities mechanical design industrial design language style colour touch material form look feel safety housing injection moulding procedure instrument IP intellectual property designer engineers sketch sketching render observation insights 3d printing blow moulding clean room manufacturing blow moulding contract manufacturing printing, assembly packaging NSAI 13485 Synecco design development contact manufacturing life science sectors steerable catheter user interface User-Centered Peripheral Stent FMEA
Research Strategy Human Factors Usability Engineering IEC ISO 62366 Industrial Design Product Engineering DFM Manufacturing Medical Design Usability User Centered Sketching Development Ideation Design Thinking Idea Brainstorm Ergonomics Interaction Experience Healthcare usability engineering user friendliness Delivery system medical device handle product hand design innovation Rapid Prototyping concepts prototypes New Medical Product Design Expertise medical device product design capabilities mechanical design industrial design language style colour touch material form look feel safety housing injection moulding procedure instrument IP intellectual property designer engineers sketch sketching render observation insights 3d printing blow moulding clean room manufacturing blow moulding contract manufacturing printing, assembly packaging NSAI 13485 Synecco design development contact manufacturing life science sectors steerable catheter user interface User-Centered Peripheral Stent Device
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