GE HEALTHCARE FINLAND OY
THE FM PATIENT MONITOR PRODUCT GROUP, F-CU5 AND F-CPU,
PSM, QUICKMOUNT, BEDMOUNT
Design: Kimmo Frondelius, Harri Sanasvuori, Jukka Kankkunen / GE Healthcare; Heikki Salo, Marko Ståhlstedt / ED-Design Ltd. 2005–2006
The carefully designed user interface of the patient monitors ensures compatibility with other hospital equipment and correct readings. Movability, wireless data transfer and good ergonomic properties enable the efficient use of the monitors.
GE Healthcare is one of the world’s leading manufacturers in hospital equipment. In patient monitoring systems for operating theatres and intensive care the company has an approximately 30% share of the market.
Patient monitors are in continuous use in hospitals. They are equipment vital to the health and well being of patients, with readability, ease of use and suitability to a clinical environment as prime considerations. These products can have a life span of over ten years, which requires technologies and design also to be durable and suited to the rest of the product family.
The patient care process provides the starting point for the design of the patient monitors: the specific uses of the equipment in different stages of care. Usability, ergonomic properties and suitability to the situation at hand are all prime considerations of design.
The compatibility of modules monitoring the patient's condition reduces the need for connecting and disconnecting cables to the patient when moving from a nursing area to another. For instance the portable device which monitors the patient’s life functions follows the patient and has to be light and easy to move and lift. Batteries and wireless data transfer ensure operation even during long periods of transport.
Modular design is the advantage of GE patient monitors, with the possibility of adding new units to the system where necessary. The carefully designed user interface provides perfect readability and compatibility with other hospital equipment under all conditions. Ergonomic properties also permit the free and clinically optimum placing of the components. The user interfaces of all the monitors operate under the same principle with only minor adjustments, making it easy to use them in operating theatres and intensive care wards alike.
GE Healthcare Finland Oy
Teollisuuskatu 29, FI-00510 Helsinki
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www.gehealthcare.com
Jukka Kankkunen, Ilkka Mannonen, Jouni Teittinen, Sanna Lehtinen.