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Manual Surgical Instrument

Use this example for the physical architecture of a passive needle holder.

  • Decompose the assembly into mechanical parts.
  • Record patient-contact characteristics on the relevant part.
  • Keep the operational task separate from product and manufacturing records.
  • Omit functional, logical, and software layers that do not answer a question.

Open the source model.

Where this sits in MEMO

Every tutorial is one slice of the same structure. This example populates these layers:

Layer Element types it uses Reference
Operational UserTask Operational
Implementation and realization MechanicalPart, PhysicalAssembly Implementation and realization
Views and methodology MemoDiagramView Views and methodology

Typed links it uses: Realizes.

Layers it does not populate: functional, logical, assurance. A MEMO project includes only the layers selected by its methodology. For a device modelled all the way through, see the GPCA Pump case study.

Narrative treatment: Context and Use ยท Requirements and Architecture.

Source model: examples/manual-surgical-instrument