What is this taxonomy?
How do you compare user interfaces when there is no shared language? The goal of this effort was to develop a visual taxonomy of the user interfaces of all types of medical devices, with a specific focus on combination products, and to provide a simple, structured, and standardized approach to identifying and classifying differences in design attributes.
Taxonomy Content
This is a content library on medical device design that was gathered as a visual classification of design attributes commonly found within the device user interfaces of combination products.
Design Comparison Template
This spreadsheet is aimed to integrate a task analysis with a comparison of design attributes. It is an editable sheet which integrates the hierarchy of the taxonomy for the purposes of comparing design based on design attribute/s related to a specific task. The output of this can be used to determine design differences.
The Future
This video represents our research vision- that the taxonomy is integrated into software which can enable a comparison of two device user interfaces with output that determines when design differences may require further comparative analysis. The video is for demonstrative purposes.
Combination Product Design Taxonomy
This work was supported by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under grant # u01FD007360 titled "Development of a Combination Product Taxonomy and Comparative Human Factors Testing Method for Drug-Device Combination Products Submitted in an ANDA" It was lead by PI Dr. Megan Conrad; Co-PI's included the following team: Dr. MB Privitera, Dr. Molly Story, Dr. Molly Laird, Melissa Lemke with graphic design support by Juliana Privitera
This is a draft categorization and method to compare device user interfaces that was supported by FDA funding. It is still in research and development. Feedback is welcomed.
