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Product Design, Rapid Prototyping, Usability Testing, Trials and Evaluation

HDTI offers the opportunity for products within the community and consumer healthcare market to be tested and evaluated within the Institute. This offering can be adapted to suit the needs of the customer and can involve a variety of different evaluation mechanisms. These include the use of a mock-up facility which allows users to view, test and evaluate a product or service in a developed reality setting. Also available is an observed usability laboratory to evaluate single and group interaction with products. By facilitating collaboration between users, companies, healthcare practitioners and designers, these facilities allow the feedback of valuable information to the design and development of the product.

These services draw on existing capabilities within the University to manage targeted applied research activity and carry out usability studies.

We can:

• Bring your new product or service idea into reality via our in-house design team who have practical experience in the health arena
• Create rapid prototypes to test new concepts without delays in manufacturing
• Generate meaningful feedback from laboratory evaluations to ensure optimum performance
• Test your product ideas with expert panels of healthcare professionals
• Undertake field trials with patients or service users to enable you to put together a persuasive case for purchasers
• Enable you to observe your product or service in use
• Showcase your products/services in the new building and its exhibition areas
• Host launch meetings
• Run tailored training seminars
• Obtain access to business support advice, especially drawing upon the University’s expertise in:
• Business start-up and incubation
• Access to grants
• Intellectual Property management
• Link you to other businesses who may be new customers or suppliers