Lindborg Ann-Louise, Lindén Maria
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering, Mälardalen University, Västerås, Sweden.
Stud Health Technol Inform. 2015;211:191-8.
In this paper, the development process of an eating aid is described. The assistive devices must be worth using. To achieve this, the starting point has been the users need. The development started from the needs of an individual person, the inventor of the aid. The development has been about increasing the positive experience of the aid and decrease negative experience through an iterative development process. The development includes several evaluations, described in the paper, and as a conclusion, it is important to include the users throughout the development process.
