Providing better protection while cleaning very dangerous medical equipment.
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN | MECHANICAL ENGINEERING | TESTING + PROTOTYPING
My Role: Lead Industrial Designer
Support: VP Engineering, Director of ID, 2 ME, 1 ID Intern
Stryker Client: 3 Project Engineering Managers, 1 Director of Sale
CHALLENGE
This is second part of the Stryker Ventilated Surgical Helmet which is soley focused on the surgical gowns being utilized in sterile processing departments within hospitals. I was tasked with creating design solutions for the surgical gowns that go with this system.
Sterile processing departments in hospitals are responsible for the cleaning of used medical tools and equipment.
This is second part of the Stryker Ventilated Surgical Helmet which is soley focused on the surgical gowns being utilized in sterile processing departments within hospitals. I was tasked with creating design solutions for the surgical gowns that go with this system.
Sterile processing departments in hospitals are responsible for the cleaning of used medical tools and equipment.
SOLUTION SPACE
I was engaged in onsite visits to hospitals to have a full understanding of all the various surgical procedures. We conducted an intense research into competitive & analogous market analysis. I identified key pain points with the current system and formulated key success drivers to help narrow space. Working with both engineering teams I created several different test bed units to help investtigate airflow optimization and part reduction solutions.
I was engaged in onsite visits to hospitals to have a full understanding of all the various surgical procedures. We conducted an intense research into competitive & analogous market analysis. I identified key pain points with the current system and formulated key success drivers to help narrow space. Working with both engineering teams I created several different test bed units to help investtigate airflow optimization and part reduction solutions.
HUMAN AND BUSINESS IMPACT
Though this was only a conceptual project, it informed the Stryker business product development team on proper application of design thinking. The streamlining of the next-gen version of their helmet system provided a wider protection option to other medical procedures, while being a lot more simple to make. By reducing the part count the next-gen design could be employed in other various medical procedures.
Though this was only a conceptual project, it informed the Stryker business product development team on proper application of design thinking. The streamlining of the next-gen version of their helmet system provided a wider protection option to other medical procedures, while being a lot more simple to make. By reducing the part count the next-gen design could be employed in other various medical procedures.
Sterile Processing Department
Final Prototype Live Test
