As a result, the program will foster the development of better products by encouraging investment in high-quality design and engineering. You're also involved in assembling the jury for the awards. Given our experience and contacts in the medical products industry, we're going after all the leading practitioners. Q. IDSA has helped the general public reach a greater understanding of industrial design. Another misperception was that we designed things that you really couldn't make.
Industrial designers possess a depth of knowledge and are part of a team.
A. One area is telerobotics, which allows practitioners to perform surgery at a location other than where they are physically. We are considering how to eliminate the additional movement and change the medical practitioner's process. For medical practitioners using these products in the home with a patient, there are issues such as sterility of the environment and lighting. Also, most often one medical practitioner, rather than a team of practitioners as in the hospital setting, is caring for a patient. In addition, there are a growing number of products being used by consumers who receive training in the hospital setting and operate the devices in their homes.