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Jyuthika Sen joins Kaleidoscope as a Human Factors Engineer

March 17, 2021 by Matt Berning

Jyuthika Sen joins Kaleidoscope as a Human Factors Engineer

Jyuthika Sen
Human Factors Engineer
Cincinnati Ohio

Jyuthika Sen joins Kaleidoscope as a Human Factors Engineer based out of our Cincinnati Ohio headquarters. Jyuthika is experienced in evaluating design issues and errors that that may occur during use to optimize design, usability, safety, effectiveness, and customer appeal of a medical device or combination product. She has worked to become an expert in therapeutic areas such as Parkinson’s, Diabetes Care Management, Rheumatology, Nephrology and Hemophilia.

Overview:
Master’s in Biomedical Innovation and Development (MBID)
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) in Biomedical Engineering

Areas of Specialty:
Phases of development for combination products and medical devices from unmet needs finding, concept generation, through validation
Leading cross-functional teams to conduct projects which include usability testing protocol creation, study moderation, data analysis, and FDA submissions
Creating FDA compliant documents for client’s Design History Files
Conducting risk management activities and maintaining risk documents for client’s Design History Files
Performing heuristic evaluation of medical devices and combination products using a human-centric design approach

About Kaleidoscope Innovation
Kaleidoscope Innovation is a full-service product development firm innovating across medical, consumer and industrial markets. For over 30 years clients have partnered with Kaleidoscope to improve the human experience. Offering both consultancy-style and onsite services, they provide a full breadth of disciplines to meet their partners where needed, including: Insights & Human Factors, Medical Affairs, Industrial Design & User Experience, Engineering, Visualization and Software Development.

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Kaleidoscope Innovation Takes Measures to Help Protect Employees and the Community While Moving Business Forward for Clients

March 17, 2020 by Matt Berning

Kaleidoscope Innovation Takes Measures to Help Protect Employees and the Community While Moving Business Forward for Clients

Statement from Kaleidoscope CMO & VP of Medical Affairs Elliott Fegelman, MD:  

Last updated 05/04/2020

Kaleidoscope Innovation cares deeply about the well-being of our employees, clients and the wider community.

As the situation regarding COVID-19 evolves, Kaleidoscope is adapting our policies in a way that continues to help safeguard our team and others as our top priority. We are continuing to utilize remote technologies that allow our employees to work from home. For those who choose to come into the office, we have implemented safety requirements that integrate state recommendations and best practices. A few of these requirements for employees who opt to come into the office include taking their temperature upon entering the building, maintaining a social distance of at least 6 feet, wearing face masks and restricting the number of individuals allowed in our conference rooms at a given time. Kaleidoscope is also continuing to keep our team apprised of updates related to COVID-19.

We also care very strongly about serving our partners, and want to provide assurance that as an essential business we are fully operational and still moving business forward for our clients. We are continuing to leverage various remote technologies to support the delivery of our end-to-end product development services.

We understand the pressures our clients are facing and want to reassure them that we are committed to making sure we keep them informed and that their projects stay on track.

Kaleidoscope is constantly evaluating the situation and will continue to update this information as needed.

Elliott Fegelman, MD
CMO & VP of Medical Affairs

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Kaleidoscope Innovation Announces Addition of State-of-the-Art Usability Labs to Their Cincinnati-Based Product Development Facility

December 17, 2019 by Andreya Carlson

Kaleidoscope Innovation Announces Addition of State-of-the-Art Usability Labs to Their Cincinnati-Based Product Development Facility

Kaleidoscope Innovation Usability Lab HFE

Kaleidoscope’s new labs offer clients a more efficient way to collect and incorporate high-quality user feedback throughout the product development process.
 
CINCINNATI, OH, December 17, 2019 – To further support their commitment to user-centered product development, Kaleidoscope Innovation has upgraded their Cincinnati innovation space to now include advanced usability labs. The initiative was led by Valerie Fenster, Kaleidoscope’s Director of Insights and Human Factors and a highly regarded expert in her field. The labs were designed to better serve Kaleidoscope’s clients, who are increasingly seeking insights to enhance the usability of their products.
 
“In today’s competitive marketplace, customers demand products that are not only safe and effective, but also intuitive and aesthetically pleasing,” said Fenster. “We created these advanced and fully outfitted usability labs to provide our clients with convenient, cost-effective and flexible spaces to collect meaningful data.”
 
Usability testing at Kaleidoscope can be conducted in any of three experience rooms equipped with remotely operated pan-tilt-zoom cameras and microphones, where researchers can gain a bird’s-eye view as well as study user interactions up close. Kaleidoscope also acquired eye-tracking technology to better understand a user’s perspective and visual attention. Further, Kaleidoscope provides researchers and clients access to observation rooms with high-fidelity monitoring equipment and live streaming video for remote viewing. Kaleidoscope also built a portable lab for offsite use.
 
According to CEO of Kaleidoscope Innovation Matt Kornau, “We don’t know of any in-house usability labs like this in the area. We spared no expense, building a research facility that is superior to what can be found in most centers. We fully anticipate that this will help our business partners achieve their goals in an efficient and cost-effective manner.”
 
“Our location in the heart of the Midwest offers our clients access to a vast cross-section of users with whom to conduct research,” added Fenster. “Also, when using an in-house lab, we can often save our clients travel time, shipping costs and set-up hassles.”
 
Another benefit of Kaleidoscope’s in-house usability labs is the efficient integration with their broader team of innovation experts. Kaleidoscope is comprised of a 125-plus-member team of engineers, designers, researchers, human factors professionals, clinicians, software developers, animators and project managers who can engage in research as needed.
 
The usability labs are housed within Kaleidoscope’s 28,000-square foot innovation facility with access to the company’s other labs, including an in-house wet lab, virtual reality lab, electro-mechanical lab, testing lab, 3D printing lab and new advanced prototyping shop to support real-time iteration of concepts.
 
As a part of their continued growth, Kaleidoscope Innovation is proud to offer more services to support their clients. Looking ahead, Kaleidoscope will host an open house in 2020 for their business partners and community members to meet the growing team and tour the usability and prototyping labs.
 
About Kaleidoscope Innovation
Kaleidoscope Innovation is a full-service product development firm innovating across medical, consumer and industrial markets. For over 30 years clients have partnered with Kaleidoscope to improve the human experience. Offering both consultancy-style and onsite services, they provide a full breadth of disciplines to meet their partners where needed, including: Insights & Human Factors, Medical Affairs, Industrial Design & User Experience, Engineering, Visualization and Software Development.
 
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Kaleidoscope Innovation Expands Capabilities with New Expertly Staffed, In-House Advanced Prototyping Shop

October 23, 2019 by Izabel Peterson

Kaleidoscope Innovation Expands Capabilities with New Expertly Staffed, In-House Advanced Prototyping Shop

Full-service insights, design and development firm hires team and adds cutting-edge prototyping and assembly shop to its product development services.

CINCINNATI, OH., October 23, 2019 (PRWEB) – Kaleidoscope Innovation, an insights, design and development firm, has expanded their product development capabilities to offer even more services to their clients. The all-new prototyping and assembly shop is in Cincinnati, OH. It is fully staffed by a team with a long history of working together on complex medical devices as well as products in other industries. With this deep experience and a collaborative approach, the team can efficiently and effectively turn around projects.

The Kaleidoscope Innovation Advanced Prototyping Shop provides in-house prototyping and assembly of parts, models, molds, fixtures and more. Capabilities include precision wire EDM machining; 3-, 4- and 5-axis CNC milling; Bridgeport milling; manual lathe work; laser welding; and 3D printing (plastics). Depending on their clients’ growing needs, the Kaleidoscope Innovation Advanced Prototyping Shop may offer finished prototypes and other services in the future.

The Advanced Prototyping Shop marks another example of the organization’s continued growth. Last fall, the company moved to a new 28,000-square-foot facility in Blue Ash, OH to expand their resources and capabilities that support an even more comprehensive product development process. The Advanced Prototyping Shop also complements other notable in-house laboratories, such as an expansive wet lab, an electromechanical lab, a testing lab and a virtual reality (VR) lab. Offering these resources under one roof not only creates efficiencies, but also provides a controlled environment for the protection of client partner confidentiality.

“With the addition of an advanced prototyping and assembly shop, we are taking full-service product development to a whole new level,” said Matt Kornau, CEO of Kaleidoscope Innovation. “Furthermore, it is a pleasure to watch the team at Kaleidoscope Innovation continue to grow while we help our partners in the medical, consumer and industrial markets bring their solutions from napkin sketch to design for manufacturing.”

The team at the Kaleidoscope Innovation Advanced Prototyping Shop includes Rob Robinson, Chris Bengal, Lance Reed, Edward Enda, Jenny Cecere, Larry Wells, Paul Rydzewski and Dave Dewar.

In their 30 years of operation, Kaleidoscope Innovation has developed relationships with leading global companies such as Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble, Microsoft, Dell, Canon Medical and Ford, where they provide consultancy-style support and onsite product development services to meet their business partners’ needs.

About Kaleidoscope Innovation
Kaleidoscope Innovation is a full-service insights, design and development firm. Offering both consultancy-style and onsite services, Kaleidoscope Innovation flexes to best help their client partners solve product development challenges. They provide a full breadth of disciplines to meet their partners where needed, including: Insights & Human Factors, Medical Affairs, Industrial Design & User Experience, Engineering, Visualization and Software Development.

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How XR is boosting medical device development (and how learnings from consumer applications are inspiring change)

October 14, 2019 by Andreya Carlson

How XR is boosting medical device development (and how learnings from consumer applications are inspiring change)

XR medical device development

Jason McGovern, Software Development Manager at Kaleidoscope Innovation, is the author of a new article in Medical Design & Outsourcing magazine about “How XR is boosting medical device development.” Having previously worked for companies like Disney and Jakks Pacific toys before joining the Kaleidoscope team, Jason provides interesting insights into extended reality at the intersection of the medical, consumer and entertainment industries.

In the piece, Jason writes:

“ Beyond device development and training, XR can be used to benefit the patient’s experience by pulling from the consumer and gaming industry’s focus on XR as an entertainment vehicle.

Hospitals could adopt VR entertainment as a playful distraction for children undergoing a stressful procedure. Virtual reality is already being explored for use in psychiatric care, such as the treatment of phobias, and for an analgesic effect.

Another way to enhance the patient experience is to draw from what Disney is doing in their theme parks. The Happiest Place on Earth is using AR to engage families while they wait in line for rides. Now imagine applying that to a pediatric hospital setting where families are waiting in the lobby.”

See the full article on Medical Design & Outsourcing’s website > https://www.medicaldesignandoutsourcing.com/how-xr-is-boosting-medical-device-product-development/

Jason McGovern
Software Development Manager
jmcgovern@kascope.com

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Building an eye care innovation hub: How with a little luck and a lot of focus Kaleidoscope became a top development partner in this thriving segment

October 1, 2019 by Izabel Peterson

Building an eye care innovation hub: How with a little luck and a lot of focus Kaleidoscope became a top development partner in this thriving segment

Over the last thirty years, Kaleidoscope Innovation has evolved from a consumer products design consultancy to a full-spectrum product development firm primarily serving the medical device industry. Eye care now comprises over 30 percent of all Kaleidoscope projects. This is the story of how we came to build and maintain this core competency.

Laying the Foundation. Kaleidoscope Innovation got their start creating solutions for the consumer industry, and over the years, contributed to the design of iconic products such as the Swiffer® WetJet™ and Xbox One® Controller. In the early 2000s, Kaleidoscope made a strategic shift to also partner with medical device clients, putting the building blocks in place (i.e. a certified quality system, labs and medical device professionals) to support development in this highly complex and regulated industry.

Right time. Right place. Six years ago, Kaleidoscope took on their first eye care client. Through this strategic partnership and the understanding of exciting new shifts within ophthalmology, Kaleidoscope was able to dig in and co-learn with our new business partner.  We innovated across microsurgery and drug delivery in ways we never thought possible.

If you build it, they will come. Through that first engagement, we learned that ophthalmic innovation required specialized resources, so we built a wet lab that allows us to quickly test our prototypes and revise them on an accelerated timeline. In addition, we established a dedicated eye care team of cross-functional experts who could hit the ground running for future projects. Further, we hired specialists in areas of increasing importance for eye care (i.e. human factors engineers and UI/UX designers) to address the blurring lines between (1) devices and pharmaceuticals and (2) care delivery settings, particularly in patients’ homes.

Focusing on trends. Eye care innovation is a moving target. Keeping a pulse on rising user needs, changing regulations and new technologies is critical to delivering not just marketable, but also makeable and measurable eye care solutions. Therefore, in addition to consulting with key opinion leaders, we have clinicians on staff. We also recruited a human factors director whose experience includes navigating the FDA through many product launches at a leading drug delivery company. We continue our learning through building our portfolio of eye care projects and by attending key conferences such as the upcoming American Academy of Ophthalmology’s (AAO) annual meeting in San Francisco.

Are you also attending AAO?  Let’s meet up!

Ben Ko

Ben Ko
Engineering Manager & Ophthalmology Team Lead
bko@kascope.com

Matt Suits

Matt Suits
Business Development Manager
msuits@kascope.com

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