Human-Centred Design And Inhalation Device Development

By Bill Welch, Chief Technology Officer, Phillips-Medisize

Human-centred designs have become a driving trend in the development of next-generation inhalation devices, making them more useful, usable, and desirable than current inhalation devices. By applying design research, industrial research, and human factor disciplines in cooperation with design for manufacturing and assembly philosophy, patients are able to receive inhalation devices that minimize opportunities for error, and support greater adherence to their prescribed therapy.