Contributo do design no processo de desenvolvimento de dispositivos médicos.

Projecto de um elemento protésico segundo uma abordagem centrada no utilizador

Name: Demétrio Matos
Year: 2016
Institution: Lisbon School of Architecture Universidade de Lisboa
Supervisors: António Pinho, Ana Ferreira, João Paulo Martins
Discipline: Product Design
Scope: Healthcare
Taxonomy: Praxiology/Phenomenology
Type: Theoretical/Practical
Language: Portuguese
Wordcount / Pagecount: 80,500 / 230
Joint supervision: No

Research, development and testing of medical devices through a user-centered approach

Research Process (4 methods)

1. Literature review N = x

Exploratory Qualitative

2. Questionnaire N = 32

Exploratory/Generative Qualitative

Members of the Armed Forces Handicapped Association

3. Design project N = 1

Generative Design process

Prosthetic prototype

4. Usability test N = 5

Evaluative Qualitative

Members of the Armed Forces Handicapped Association

#	Name of Method	Research Phase	Research Approach	Researcher Role	Object of Study / Participants	N
1	Literature review	Exploratory	Qualitative	x	x	x
2	Questionnaire	Exploratory/Generative	Qualitative	x	Members of the Armed Forces Handicapped Association	32
3	Design project	Generative	x	Design process	Prosthetic prototype	1
4	Usability test	Evaluative	Qualitative	x	Members of the Armed Forces Handicapped Association	5

Knowledge Transfer & Exchange

Knowledge Exchange (PhD Process): Exchange with community representatives

IK&T	Academia	Design Practice	Society
Context	No	No	No
Vision	No	No	No
Means	No	Yes	Partially

Recommendations (3)

R364 Policy & Standards Artifact, System & Service Design Priority: High

Streamline the regulatory-conformity and CE-marking pathway for user-centered prosthetic devices so validated concepts can reach users faster, more economically, and with less development rework.

Scope:: Meso
Time Horizon:: Medium
Evidence Strength:: Indicative
Feasibility:: Medium

R365 Artifact, System & Service Design Dissemination & Knowledge Mobilization Priority: Medium-High

Optimize the aesthetic image-acquisition and surface-treatment workflow, and develop a procedures-and-use manual as an associated service, to make prosthetic customization faster, clearer, and more reproducible.

Scope:: Meso
Time Horizon:: Short → Medium
Evidence Strength:: Indicative
Feasibility:: High

R366 Theoretical & Conceptual Participation, Equity & Ethics Priority: Medium

Extend body-related design research beyond rehabilitation devices toward human-enhancement scenarios, while building explicit ethical frameworks for design interventions associated with the body.

Scope:: Macro
Time Horizon:: Long
Evidence Strength:: Exploratory
Feasibility:: Medium