Giving the patient control through mobile technologies. The speech given by Mark McWilliams at UXconference2013

1. Connected Prosthetics
Giving the patient control through mobile technologies

2. Connected Prosthetics
Giving the patient control through mobile technologies
Mark McWilliams
Director of Software Engineering

4. Our Team
• Leading researchers in prosthetics, orthotics and
biomechanics
• World-class in-house engineering team
Orthocare Innovations

6. My Story

8. Standard Prosthetic Feet

9. Standard Prosthetic Feet

10. Standard Prosthetic Feet

11. Early Impressions
• Was amazing to walk again
• I could resume a normal life
Standard Prosthetic Feet

12. Early Impressions
• Was amazing to walk again
• I could resume a normal life
Limitations
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Hills were tough (Seattle has a lot of them)
Needed regular manual alignment changes
Changing footwear
Foot would stick out into space
Standard Prosthetic Feet

14. From Patient to Employee

16. Magellan Prosthetic Foot

17. Magellan Prosthetic Foot

18. Magellan Prosthetic Foot

19. Is there an app for that?
Magellan Prosthetic Foot

21. Galileo

22. Demo
Galileo

23. Galileo

24. Development Strategy
Galileo

25. Galileo

26. Mobile only
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Easy to deploy & update (one version)
Device portability
A stable, consistent platform
Secure, sandboxed environment
Built-in hardware encryption
Galileo

27. Galileo

28. Developing for patients
• Simplicity is key
• Patient needs to build trust with your app
• Limit distracting UI elements & ornamentation
Galileo

29. Developing for patients
• Simplicity is key
• Patient needs to build trust with your app
• Limit distracting UI elements & ornamentation
Build a great native experience
• Leverage the platform
• Focus on accessibility
• Take advantage of connectivity (with permission)
• GPS
• Remote monitoring
Galileo

30. Galileo

31. Abstract away the hardware
• Perform operations asynchronously
• Don’t make the user wait unnecessarily
Galileo

32. Abstract away the hardware
• Perform operations asynchronously
• Don’t make the user wait unnecessarily
Never leave the user in an
unstable state
Galileo

34. Final Thoughts

36. Q&A