Medical vision project: product design and onscreen design within computer assisted orthopedic surgery (CAOS)

Abstract: This project dealt with Computer Aided Orthopedic Surgery (CAOS) and it was
carried out for theUEgroup, San Jose (USA) between February 2006 and June
2006. The aim of this project has been to develop designs that provide a
direction-setting vision for the next generation of orthopedic surgical
devices focusing on providing visualization and feedback to surgeons.
In the past growth in this market have mainly been the result of copying of
the present user interfaces by competitors and research of the current
generation of devices has suggested that there is a need for the devices
and user interfaces to evolve into a new highly portable, highly usable,
form factor. There had also appeared to be social, technological and
practical reasons for why the adoption of COAS had lagged behind its value
in the operating rooms. The next generation designs to be developed must
therefore cater to the surgeons work environment and process in new ways to
reduce the amount of inconvenience to the surgeon and surgical staff.
Systematic problem solving is the methodology used in this thesis
including: information gathering, problem determination, problem
clarification, idea generation, Idea assessment and final design. It is a
widely known methodology and it is a good help in product development to
find good solutions to the problem.
Through research, interviews with orthopedic surgeons and observations of
surgeries a lot of important information was gathered and translated into
requirements. From this a range of ideas were then generated. These ideas
were evaluated and further developed into a final result. The final result
of this thesis consists of two parts: a product design and an onscreen
design. They can be used as two individual solutions as well as one
solution combining the two.