특수 환경에 사용되는 제품 디자인 개발- 의료기기 디자인을 중심으로 -

In the modern industrial society, it can be said that as the digitalization, information, and high speed have accelerated the development of the high-tech IT industry, the phenomena such as individualization and aging have opened a way to the human and environment oriented thoughts. Especially, in accordance with the aging society, the products and environments which imply care for the social or physical weak are increasing, along with the development of the silver industry including health care. Such trend is an ideal ground for the implementation of the idea of the universal design which can be defined as the designs for all the people's convenience. Among the medical equipment product group, portable equipments whose users are general unspecified patients have been undergoing diverse design improvements, while some small and medium scale equipments are still focusing on their functionalities due to the inappropriateness of mass production in the domestic environment of medical services. The Urine meter pump is one of those special medical equipments of which demand is not significant, in spite of their characteristics that they are small and utilized by patients, nurses and doctors. In this study, the design elements including usability, safety, operability, and productivity were derived by analyzing the design conditions of Urine meter pumps in the context of the universal design idea. For the productivity, silicon vacuum molding method was applied instead of conventional injection molding for mass production, in order to achieve cost reduction and quality improvement.