Watch Now: Applying Human Factors Engineering (HFE) to in vitro diagnostic (IVD) products under the European IVD Regulation (IVDR)
Webinar date
Nov. 19, 2020
Speakers
Yvonne Limpens
Brenda van Geel
Yvonne Limpens and Brenda van Geel from Emergo by UL’s Human Factors Research & Design (HFR&D) team will share insights about the upcoming IVDR and its implications for HFE. During the webinar, the presenters will also cover key considerations when developing specific types of IVD products. Webinar attendees will come away with a greater understanding of how IVDR impacts the HFE work that manufacturers must complete and will attain a “road-map to IVDR compliance” from a human factors perspective.
About the presenters
Yvonne Limpens, Managing Human Factors Specialist, Emergo by UL
Yvonne Limpens is a managing human factors specialist with Emergo by UL’s Human Factors Research & Design (HFR&D) team based in Utrecht, Netherlands. She has been with the team since 2013 and has experience delivering HFE services to the medical device, pharmaceutical and laboratory equipment industries. Yvonne leads and oversees research activities and helps customers develop key HFE documents for their design history files. Furthermore, she advises and trains customers to apply HFE during product development to meet regulators' expectations.
Yvonne holds a bachelor’s in Industrial Design and a master’s in human technology interaction, both from Eindhoven University of Technology (NL).
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