Becton Dickinson BACTEC FX

Significant human factors and on site facilities research helped the development team understand both usability and product placement concerns during development of this medical product. Previous medical products of this nature were oriented horizontally and were quite high, taking up significant floor space and making loading and unloading the product cumbersome.

Imagine
Working closely with our client's internal development medical product team, we led the development of a range of configurations in mockup form to evaluate human factors and potential throughput gains for this new medical product. The preferred product configuration turned out to be half the footprint of the existing medical product. The twin vertical drawer approach also allowed increased vial capacity while improving the medical operators' ability to reach high and low vials. Easy to see and decipher internal indicators provide for rapid recognition of positive and negative samples.

Implement
Once proven, development of this medical product moved into 3D. We focused on casework engineering development, leading to the transfer of 3D files to the client's internal development medical product team for final detail design. Development of several other engineering models also helped to hone in on component selection, including LCD touch screen and barcode reader.

Impact
This new generation medical product has received extremely positive customer feedback during clinical trials. Specifically, the medical product consumers praised the ability of this product to actually improve throughput while reducing the overall product footprint.