ABSTRACT
Design problems complicate the many efforts to move complex health care equipment into the home setting, where users have a greater diversity of abilities. Many design solutions to these problems are a compromise, rather than breakthrough thinking. TRIZ, which consists of design problem-solving techniques and invention-related data, is one likely approach to breakthrough design. TRIZ may help resolve equipment design issues for home care, including how to think out strategies for providing access for persons with diverse abilities. Moreover, many TRIZ techniques can be used hand in hand with human factors engineering techniques such as usability testing.
