On-Orbit Coffee Cup Design to Use in Spacecraft

Try the on-orbit coffee cup that can show how Pettit’s innovative design can change a simple coffee mug into an exceptional piece. This inventive coffee cup concept came to Donald Pettit’s mind, who is an astronaut, during the mission STS-126. Instead of using a straw to drink his morning coffee inside a heated aluminum bag, Donald created a cup that could hold liquid in zero gravitation. Travis Baldwin tried to offer his service as a designer to assist him in developing his idea into a real product.

Dentris, A Mobile Dental Treatment Cart Concept

Dental treatment has remarkably developed during the last few years but it is really a complex situation when it comes with treating a patient who is not able to come to the dentist’s chamber. Dentris is designed by Clemens Auer from Vienna, Austria which is the first mobile cart for dental treatments that deals with the special conditions such as home-care patients. With the growing number of such patients, Dentris will surely become a helping hand for mobile dentists which will allow direct bed treatment. The local environment of the bed-ridden patients site and assures the patient as well as the dentist the most possible optimized and hassle-free dental treatment at home.Clemens’ words :
DENTRIS offers new chances for people in home-care and dentistry. Society is aging, more and more bed-ridden / people are in need of care and because of the improved hygiene of last decades more and more elderly people keep their own teeth. DENTRIS helps the prevention / avoiding of expensive follow-up therapies as well as reducing costs of outgoing transport / return transport
+ ongoing services. For dentistry, DENTRIS offers the development of new fields of activity, more potential patients, the professionalization of mobile do-it-yourself equipment that dentists currently often have to deal with as the products on the market are un-sufficient and force the dentists to pimp their rides.
Dentists now can go exclusively mobile saving practice / overheads / facilities etc. But the most important actor is the patient. He/She benefits from stopping the physical decay because the health of teeth have an enormous and in public eyes often underestimated impact on the welfare and life expectancy of elderly people (formula: teeth ok >> body ok). DENTRIS helps
overriding the patient?s fear of the dentist as well as overcoming one?s inhibitions towards rentability in seniority (‘I won’t live any longer..’).

OPTImetric : Eye Diagnostic Tool For Eye Care Personnel in The Developing World

Berty Bhuruth has designed OPTImetric, a diagnostic tool meant for eye care personnel. This tool was designed keeping in mind the number of people suffering from limited vision. This easy to operate device can be of good use to serve communities by trained locals. This product represents design excellence as it makes accurate measurements of the patient’s pupils rather quickly using vernier calliper technology. People living in rural areas find it increasingly difficult to undergo this eye test due to the expense involved for this test and cost of transportation if they stay in remote areas. OPTImetric, however, reduces the worry of being the most efficient in measuring and photographing the patient’s data, which is sent to the nearby hospital where ophthalmologist can diagnose the condition from a remote location. OPTImetric is adjustable; therefore it can fit any individual. Locals cannot purchase this product, instead, eye care associations would purchase the unit completely and donate them to locals. OPTImetric, a product of excellence proves as a sustainable model for long-lasting eye care in rural and remote countries.

EAZ Disabled Mobility Device Is An Innovative Mobility Solution For Physically Disabled Person

EAZ Disabled Mobility Device concept eliminates the discomfort and disregard of riding a wheelchair that usually physically disabled person experiences. The innovative mobility device actually is a combination of a wheelchair and a walker that revolutionizes the mobility solution of moderately disabled people. Not only disabled person, even the old community can stylishly rely on this concept as their personal transportation solution. This two wheeled mobility device features a self balancing mechanism where users can travel both on a standing and seating configuration which will give users the freedom of moving around.

A-Check : Testing Device For Food-Allergic People

If you are suffering from particular allergy, you should check your food before eating. The problem is, sometimes, we can’t identify the ingredients in the food. A-Check is a device that can help these people to have safer meals by testing the food for allergen. Choose and insert the kit for the allergy you have, and push the tip. A sharp core will appear. Touch the food with the core, if it turns red, then it’s not safe for you to eat the food.

 

Modwells Ensures Innovative And Accurate Physical And Mental Healthcare

Modwells, an innovative healthcare system concept eliminates the traditional go-workout-and-forget theory of wellness. This is a consumer-focused complete platform for improving both the physical and mental health state of users by getting integrated with their daily life. The system is thoroughly customizable and consists of four factors, mods, trestle, accessories and a cross-platform software application.
The Mods is a biometric input/output device that is designed to be worn by the user which collects and assesses biometric and environmental data and alerts user when the data is getting off track from the user’s goal. The Trestle is the base station for Mods where it gets charged and conveys collected data through wireless connection. A set of accessories have also been designed to extend the functionality of the system. Finally, the cross platform software application enables users to study, manage and share their healthcare information according to their healthcare goal.

Revolutionary Nuance Composite Syringe by RKS Design

RKS together with Discus Dental has been innovative in reinventing many facets of the dental industry. With the latest release called Nuance, a product that makes creating aesthetic restorations rather simple by combining filler particles that mimics optical properties of our tooth structure. It will save time, effort, and cost while fixing and filling teeth. The product offers ease in handling, with a uniquely easy delivery system.
The CEO of Discuss Dental Steve Semmelmayer reveals that Discus is known for its aesthetics made of composite material that aids dentists create life-like restorations. With improved environmental appropriateness as well as multi-sensory feedback, this new pioneering delivery syringe helps promote user experience and provides accurate extrusion of composite materials that was designed to reduce effort and time. Throughout extrusion, this syringe maintains its shape with the help of screw mechanism as well as measurement system completely integrated, thereby providing visual and concrete feedback over dispensed and remaining product. Nuance undoubtedly meets the goals of being a truly innovative product.

Flo2W : An Innovative Way In Regulating Oxygen Flow To The Patient

Being in the hospital taking car his dad, James D’Arcy found out there were so many issues with the current respiratory masks. The poorly attach flimsy strap kept loosening and causing pain above the ear, the top of the mask was causing pain in the bridge of the nose and led to skin sores developing in this area. Based on this observation, Flo2w has been designed as a newmedical device to deliver oxygen to a patient. It is fitted on the patient’s head using the adjustable headpiece that doesn’t need to be disposed on weekly basis. Instead, the hospital can clean it using alcohol and reused it for other patient, reducing clinical waste. The tube carrying the oxygen can be easily clipped on and off.

Flo2w design eliminates the big and intimidating one size fits all mask that is currently being used. The subtle design makes the user feel as if they are not even wearing it. There are sculpted nose buds that fit snug into the patient’s nose for comfortable feeling. Oxygen is supplied to the patient through nasal tubing. Flo2w integrates an innovative and easy way of regulating oxygen flow for both the patient and the health care professional.

Flo2W : An Innovative Way In Regulating Oxygen Flow To The Patient

Empower By Me Is A Convenient And Efficient All-In-One Solution For Taking HIV Pills

Even though the antiretroviral drugs to keep HIV in check have been introduced in sub-Saharan Africa around 6 years ago, there are still many rural people who are living with this fatal virusdue to lack of convenience of taking the pills. Empower by Me is an all-in-one medication tool kitthat incorporates 12 nutritional bars to meet food scarcity, vitamins, aspirins for side-effects, antiretroviral drugs (ARVS) for an entire month and a portable timing device. The timing device carries a drug container and can notify the users when its time to take a pill, also a packet of food, aspirins and vitamins can be integrated inside the container for emergency support. The drug container can hold drugs for one week and can be replaced when it’s empty. Moreover, using affordable materials to make the kits will increase job opportunities, which in terms will create hope for the future African generation.


Empower By Me Is A Convenient And Efficient All-In-One Solution For Taking HIV Pills

Syrinx Can Reduce The Traditional Fear Of Syringes Among Kids

When I was a kid, every time I had been suggested a blood test by the doctor, I used to get well (or pretend to be) immediately due to the fear of the blood sucking syringe. Not only me, I guess this is a common intention of being horrified by traditional ugly syringes which can easily be overcome through Syrinx, a small but handy syringe that has been specially designed to decrease the common fear of blood test among children. The concept features a set of syringes each with different graphics from which kids will be able to choose one. Moreover, the entire procedure of taking blood will be demonstrated to the child in a pedagogic way to make them comfortable with the process. The process has been designed by doing thorough investigation of the nursing activities to provide an outcome that really helps kids to get out of the fear of syringes.




Life Science and Medical Design

The Portable Toshiba Rx Tablet PC A Complete Hospital Solution

The Toshiba Rx tablet PC is an ultimate solution for nurses and medical professionals to perform daily documentation and reference works. It offers quick wireless access to medical and drug reference, patient records and allows instant connectivity with the main database of the hospital. This tablet PC has been designed to save time and boost accuracy by eliminating paper records and has the potential to become a complete hospital solution to save countless deaths each year caused by various medical errors.

The portability and use of state of art medical software of the tablet will replace the nurse’s clipboard and increase her functionality. It features a touchscreen interface where the user can interact with various applications and also can be docked on the table for more familiar use. Throughout the hospital there will be several docking base where the nurse can dock the Toshiba Rx to recharge the battery and input data easily through a washable and removable rubber made keyboard. However, in front of the keyboard there is a touchpad located on the raised portion, it also includes mouse option for more convenient use. The entire design is easy for cleaning and disinfecting, which is of vital importance in hospitals.

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GlucoGrip Detects Your Blood Sugar Level and Leaves No Scratches on Your Skin

GlucoGrip is a high-tech concept kit for detecting blood sugar, specially designed to avoid additional medical instrumentation expenses by combining agronomy and technology in a simple and easily manageable way. This single device incorporates lancing and blood analyzer, reducing the timing and gestures for the collection through one object at your fingertips. The smart needles that are used to get the required blood drop are optimized by interchangeable disks which leave no scratches on the skin. The intuitive interface of GlucoGrip allows the user to manage it easily and get results through pictogram status tracking system. It features a logbook where users can store their day to day readings for further review of their health condition progress.

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