These speculative, co-created, artefacts provide a window into a larger practice-based Ph.D. study that interrogates how design methods contribute to improving medical device usability.
This practice was informed by the existing human factors usability design methods promoted by regulators, while also investigating the benefits of augmenting these existing approaches with user experience and co-design methods. Integrating the voice of users alongside engineering driven development. The creation and discussion of speculative design probes (shown here), situated within co-design workshops, provided a way to enhance collaboration with medical device users. Providing a way to discuss potential usability issues with future devices, within the formative stages of development. This approach encouraged opportunities to challenge the conceptualisation of how entire devices and interfaces are used; rather than just changes to labels, packaging, and training.