Unravelling &addressing orthopaedics & prosthetics problems by human-centred design

InnoTecUK是一家快速发展的中小企业，为不同行业的设备和资产开发机器人和自动化检测和监控的创新解决方案。Innotec致力于将其创新活动扩展到医疗器械行业；开发满足患者和医疗专业人员需求的创新机器人和机器人系统。这一早期设计项目使InnoTecUK有机会采用双钻石设计模式来发现患者和医疗专业人员的问题和需求，特别是与老龄化社会相关的问题，并通过定义和细化针对选定需求的价值主张来回应这些问题；即机器人技术如何做出贡献。医疗器械行业是受益于添加剂制造(AM)进步的主要行业之一。布鲁内尔创新中心将支持InnoTecUK建立AM设计能力，用于开发和测试选定价值主张的数字设计。开发的能力将增强Innotec在项目完成后提供创新医疗设备的能力。成功的项目将转变Innotec的创新文化，从响应式、渐进式转变为经过测试的步进式改变设计驱动的方法。

InnoTecUK is a fast growing SME developing innovative solutions for robotic and automated inspection and monitoring of equipment and assets in various industries. InnoTec seeks to expand its innovation activities to the medical device sector; developing innovative robots and robotic systems addressing the needs of patients and medical professionals.This early-stage design project gives InnoTecUK the opportunity to adopt the double-diamond design model to discover problems and needs of patients and medical professionals, especially issues related to the ageing society, and responding to them by defining and refining value propositions addressing selected needs; i.e. how robotic technologies may contribute.The medical device sector constitutes one of the main sectors to have benefited from advancement in additive manufacturing (AM). Brunel Innovation Centre will support InnoTecUK build AM design capibility which will be used to develop and test digital designs of the selected value propositions. The developed capabilities will enhance InnoTec's capacity to deliver innovative medical devices post-project completion. Successful project will transform InnoTec's innovation culture from responsive incremental to tested step change design-driven approach.