Sean Hagen

Sean Hagen, IDSA | Chair Medical Section | BlackHagen Design

Sean Hägen has over 20 years of research and design experience in a variety of industries ranging from architecture to aerospace with a primary focus on mission critical design and the health care industry. Since founding BlackHägen Design (BH) in 1995, he has initiated or co-invented over 80 patents for companies as diverse as Lockheed Martin, Tupperware and Cordis Cardiology. He is the principal and director of research and synthesis, and he has been the principal investigator in global user research and development projects for clients such as Convatec, Edwards Lifesciences, Ethicon Endo-Surgery and Baxter Healthcare. Hägen is currently the Medical Section Chair for the Industrial Design Society of America (IDSA). He is also a member of the Human Factors Committee in the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) which drafts and reviews best practices, design guidelines and standards for the medical industry; these become AAMI/ANSI standards and FDA guidelines. He earned a bachelor’s in industrial design from Ohio State University, which emphasized human factors, user research and design methodology.

To contact Sean, email sean@blackhagendesign.com