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Medical-Device Usability by Ilkka Juuso
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9781041085058
Published:
06 Feb 2026
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
344 pages
Dimensions:
254mm
Weight:
0.000kgs
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This book simplifies the process regarding the application of usability to medical devices for new developers by providing a thought-out walkthrough of what is involved and how the expectations from the essential standards affect their work and why.
This book simplifies the process regarding the application of usability to medical devices for new developers by providing a thought-out walkthrough of what is involved and how the expectations from the essential standards affect their work and why. Based on the authors' experiences, the information in the book provides other more seasoned experts with a wealth of insight and nuggets of new perspectives on addressing the usability of medical devices, particularly medical software. The discussion in the book is rooted in recent real-world experiences from both the manufacturer and assessment body side -- the authors provide a novel high-level "roadmap" to using usability engineering to guide development activities from initial conceptual design to research, development, and ultimately release of a medical device. They build toward this map all through the book and ultimately present the full model. This roadmap is the result of the authors' experiences taking a research project and launching a medical device and a medical device business after obtaining all the necessary regulatory approvals. The book helps product developers to understand the usability requirements around their own work, and to also both better understand their users and to present the expected usability information in a way readily understood by the auditors. Managers of such work will also greatly benefit from the discussion of the required deliverables and the goals of the usability activities. Finally, the authors ease the divide between manufacturers and the healthcare professionals using medical devices. By simultaneously showing the requirements for the manufacturer's development process and also discussing the realities of work on the healthcare side, the authors facilitate collaboration.
About the Author: Dr. Ilkka Juuso, DSc, has 25-plus years of experience working on multidisciplinary R&D projects in both industry and academia. He is one of the founders of the medical-device startup Cerenion, a former Senior Advisor and the Principal Regulatory Engineer at the medical-device quality consultancy Kasve, and a post-doctoral researcher with the University of Oulu in Finland. Today he works as a Lead Auditor at the European notified body SGS Fimko on conformity assessments according to the EU 2017/745 ("MDR") and international standards. His main interests are international regulatory affairs, standardization, and healthcare business development. He has successfully led the development of an ISO 13485, ISO 14971, and IEC 62304 compliant Quality Management System (QMS) from the ground up, its subsequent day-to-day operation, and certification by a notified body. He has had a key role in the launch of a CE-marked Class IIb medical device based on artificial intelligence. He has repeatedly served as a committee member and the head of the Finnish national delegation on key committees of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). He is a member of the management team for CEN TC 251 on health informatics, and the secretary for its WGII on technology and applications. He is an active member of the Finnish Standards Association (SFS) and the industry forum Healthtech Finland and a frequent visitor to International Medical Device Regulators (IMDRF) meetings. He is also the author of the books "Developing an ISO 13485-Certified Quality Management System" (Routledge 2022), and "Medical-Grade Software Development" (Routledge 2024). Ilpo Pöyhönen has 30-plus years of experience working on medical device research, development, testing, and safety & performance evaluation including in the context of an accredited certification body. During that time, he has performed approximately 200 software evaluations according to IEC 60601-1-4, IEC 60601-1 Clause 14, IEC 62304, and IEC 82304-1. His particular areas of interest in this work have been the role of programmable database systems and the development of test equipment for diverse needs. The work has taken him across the globe and even to the edge of space. Currently, his main interests are international regulatory affairs, standardization, and the intelligent control of medical device design processes to continuously meet the requirements imposed by, for example, cyber security, usability engineering, risk management, and agile development models. The use of emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence, also holds special appeal to him. He has been active in research initiatives that have, for example, examined the software development documentation required in a regulated environment, the impact of risk management, the performance of risk analysis itself as part of the software development life cycle, and the reliability factors involved in the supply of complex software systems. He is a long-time committee member of SFS/SR301 on healthcare IT and a sought-after lecturer on topics such as medical device software, risk management, usability, mHealth apps, and cloud services in the context of medical devices. He is also the co-author of the book "Medical-Grade Software Development" (Routledge 2024).
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