# Bringing Medical Devices into the Home

- Show: [Global Medical Device Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast)
- Published: 2022-05-18
- Length: 46m
- Episode: 261
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast/2022-05-18-bringing-medical-devices-into-the-home
- Listen: https://podcast.greenlight.guru/episode/bringing-medical-devices-into-the-home

## Summary

Dylan Horvath, Founder and Chief Product Officer at Cortex Design, discusses the challenges of bringing medical devices into the home, emphasizing human-centered design and the need for products to fit seamlessly into a user's lifestyle rather than feeling like foreign clinical objects. He explains how engineers must overcome their own biases and technical complexity to create intuitive interfaces, using concepts like affordances and signifiers to guide user interaction without relying on manuals. Horvath also highlights the critical balance between aesthetic appeal, manufacturability, and regulatory constraints, advocating for early validation of user needs and cross-functional collaboration to mitigate risk and ensure product success.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast/2022-05-18-bringing-medical-devices-into-the-home#t=0) Introduction and Cortex Design Overview
- [2:36](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast/2022-05-18-bringing-medical-devices-into-the-home#t=156) Human-Centered Design and Home Integration
- [5:03](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast/2022-05-18-bringing-medical-devices-into-the-home#t=303) Overcoming Engineer Bias and Clinical Complexity
- [10:51](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast/2022-05-18-bringing-medical-devices-into-the-home#t=651) Affordances, Signifiers, and User Interface
- [17:36](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast/2022-05-18-bringing-medical-devices-into-the-home#t=1056) Balancing Automation, Risk, and Constraints
- [20:21](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast/2022-05-18-bringing-medical-devices-into-the-home#t=1221) Validating User Needs and Challenging Assumptions
- [26:10](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast/2022-05-18-bringing-medical-devices-into-the-home#t=1570) The Role of Beauty and Manufacturability
- [32:51](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast/2022-05-18-bringing-medical-devices-into-the-home#t=1971) Regulatory Constraints and Commercial Off-the-Shelf Solutions
- [35:16](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/global-medical-device-podcast/2022-05-18-bringing-medical-devices-into-the-home#t=2116) Building a Collaborative Culture and Team Dynamics

## Topics

- [Industrial & consumer product design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/industrial-design)
- [Validation & product-market fit](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/validation-and-product-market-fit)
- [Design for manufacturing & NPI](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/design-for-manufacturing)
- [Leadership, teams & culture](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/leadership-and-culture)
- [Certification & compliance](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/certification-and-compliance)

## Most relevant to

companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- Cortex Design (company)
- Green Light Guru (company)
- University of Waterloo (other)
- FDA (other)
- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (other)

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