Creating a comfortable working environment for cath lab physicians: Design of a body support

This project is about developing a solution for cath lab physicians. A cath lab physician is a medical doctor, with a background in cardiology, neurology, electro physiology or radiology, who performs cath lab procedures. A cath lab procedure is a minimal invasive procedure in which a catheter is brought into the body of a patient via a small...

Connected Sleep Position Trainer: Developing Design Guidelines for the Servitization of NightBalance

The following thesis report describes the process and outcomes of the graduation project from the MSc Strategic Product Design at Delft University of Technology, carried out for the company NightBalance. NightBalance is a medical company with a product that provides therapy as a treatment for patients with position dependent sleep apnea disorder...

Designing for Shared Decision Making

Involving Patients in Data Decisions

Data from health wearables promises to deliver value to all stakeholders by improving the quality of care, while making them more convenient and cost-friendly. However, many companies are collecting data now without a clear purpose, expecting it to pay out tomorrow. They handle the data as a currency, with similar risks and benefits, and often...

Can ICT Contribute to Achieve Independent Living?: Exploring Capabilities of the Health and Wellbeing Platform

As the world population is getting older, healthcare expenditure in many countries are increased due to the fact that more people become vulnerable to various health problems. Because of this, elderly people are encouraged to live independently in their own home as long as possible. Promoting independence to elderly people will not be possible...

Business Modelling to Health and Wellbeing Platforms in Living Lab Settings

Depression recovery center Florapark

A project focused in the recovery of depressed young individuals through body mind therapies in the Florapark.

Towards a Service-Oriented Company within Healthcare

This graduation project has been executed in collaboration with the Norwegian company Redcord AS. Redcord designs and develops equipment for sling exercise training as well as treatment of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). Neurac, an evidence-based treatment approach, is at the core of the business. The active treatment method utilizes the...

The design of a product for patients with panic disorder to facilitate positive memory retrieval

Competitive Memory Training (COMET) Many patients in mental healthcare suffer from low self- esteem. Low self-esteem can increase the severity of a mental disorder and can prevent the patient from recovery. To increase the patient’s self-esteem a therapy, called Competitive Memory Training (COMET), was developed. COMET is used as a therapy in...

Designing a user interface for control of contrast fluid on the next generation Interventional X-Ray systems

Interventional radiology uses X-Ray imaging to help guide the physician when inserting catheters, wires, and other small instruments and tools into the body. The physician uses this technology to diagnose and/or treat conditions in almost any part of the body. To visualize vessels and to improve the quality of the images made using X-Ray images,...

Health Centre Djenné

How to integrate a healthcare centre with a big programme in the small scale urban tissue of Djenné? Djenné is an UNESCO World Heritage Site. By clustering functions, creating an health care street, the barrier for the local people is less. In Mali it is normal that the familiy cares for the patients, therefore familyhousing is integrated in the...

Building on Experiences: The Hospital Stakeholder Participation Method

Royal Haskoning BM (healthcare department at Hoofddorp)* operates actively in the healthcare market, designing and consulting within care housing projects. Anticipating changes in the healthcare sector, Royal Haskoning foresees a strategic value that could profit the contractor by involving hospital stakeholders (employees, visitors and patients...