Ipas

The Challenge:Design an aspiration device that would fail after a predetermined number of uses to protect patient safety in third-world nations.

The Approach:

• Research the product landscape to identify key use cases.
• Brainstorm and ideate on concepts and sketches of solutions.
• Formalize and expand upon concepts with electronic renderings.
• Create functional prototypes for engineering verification.

The Result:The new design for the device reduced the complexity and number of parts and allowed it to fail after a limited number of uses, satisfying the sanitary requirements established by Ipas. HumanCentric’s responsiveness and methods allowed the team to complete this project for less than 10% of the planned cost on an aggressive timeline.

Services: Human factors, Product design, 3D form studies, Concept development, Design engineering