ABSTRACT
The Value of Medical Illustration to Medical Device R&D .................... 194 A Short History of Medical Illustration .................................................... 196 Types of Medical Illustration .................................................................... 203
Textbook Illustration ............................................................................. 203 Surgical Approach Planning ................................................................. 203 Rendering from CAD Programs ........................................................... 204 Layer Technique in Photoshop ............................................................ 204 The Blue Screen Trick .......................................................................... 204
Device Development ................................................................................. 205 Intellectual Property Development (Utility and Method) ....................... 206 Regulatory................................................................................................... 206 Investor Presentations................................................................................ 209 Marketing, Physician Training, and Patient Information ........................ 209 Medical-Legal.............................................................................................. 210 Medical Teaching and Training Models................................................... 210 Three-Dimensional Animation .................................................................. 212 The Medical Illustration Bookshelf .......................................................... 213
Other Books .......................................................................................... 214 Artistic Anatomy .................................................................................... 215
Finding and Using Medical Illustration.................................................... 215 Licensed Use vs. Buyout ...................................................................... 215
Commercially Available Resources to Find Medical Illustrators............. 216
Most people that even know what medical illustration is think that it is only for marketing and textbooks. However, medical illustration can be an important way to conceptualize and communicate medical device design ideas. Medical illustration is a highly developed specialty that has been an important adjunct to the understanding of anatomy and biological systems, as well as a way to conceptualize and visualize the interaction of medical devices with anatomy and pathology. Medical illustration can help engineers and designers understand the anatomy they are designing a device to treat, to help plan appropriate surgical approaches, to help conceptualize new devices, to document designs and inventions, and to clearly communicate these device ideas to others.
