This week, our team has been focused on three major project aspects:
PDR Presentation
In just about 1 week, our team will be headed to Naples, FL to deliver the Preliminary Design Review to Arthrex employees (both clinical and engineering)! We are in the midst of preparing a presentation of our design considerations and ideas. The goal of the presentation is to receive feedback on which concepts our design will be feasible (both in functionality and testing) and which will not. As you can see below, the presentation will be via PowerPoint, and we will divide the delivery among the team members. This upcoming Tuesday, 10/7, our team will be delivering a mock PDR presentation (shortened) to our IPPD class and coach in lecture. This will be another great way to receive feedback before our main presentation on 10/13.
Design Architecture
This week, we also completed a product architecture schematic. This helped us identify each physical component of the design we will be developing and the interactions between them. This included a physical component schematic, a table of component features, a clustered component overview, fundamental and incidental interactions of components, a 3D diagram (pictured below), and a narrative on changes in our approach from concept generation.
Design Traceability Matrix
As a part of the Arthrex product design standards, a design traceability matrix is required for any new device in development. Our company liaison sent us a document template and guided us through the proper use of this technical strategy document. As you can see below, the document highlights user needs and categorizes design inputs based on those user needs. For the protection of IP, we have not published items from this document. However, the template can be seen below.
