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LUFo helps children get to grips with their bronchial asthma – safely and independently.
meDiCal Design
Industrial design at UW
(uwid) combines innovative
thinking with technical
and design know-how. Situated
at the interface of technology
and art, the program
focuses on technical products
and product systems, as well
as strategic design. uwid students
may choose to work on
the development and design
of innovative medical equipment
in their final examination
thesis.
LuFo suPPorts
CHiLdren LeArninG
to CoPe WitH
AstHMA sAFeLy And
seLF-reLiAntLy.
Cornelia Einicke
“A particularly important aspect
of asthma management
with children is closing the
gap between the theoretical
possibilities of available therapies
and the actual success
of the children applying them.
My research brought me into
intensive contact with doctors,
parents and the children
themselves, and on the basis
of this knowledge I could de-
velop new reality-based userconcepts
for chronic illness.
The result is a user-friendly
future-oriented medical product
with low technological
input.”
Prof. Gert Trauernicht k uwid
“Asthma management with
children demonstrates the
quality of uwid’s innovation
and development facilities in
rethinking complex processes.
Putting herself in the
position of the child productuser,
Cornelia Einicke developed
an adequate product
architecture that overcame
the stigma associated with
conventional products. Her
solution is not only a pharmaceutical
breakthrough but
also substantially improves
the psychological situation of
young patients in the context
of their everyday lives.”
Medical head-mounted display – Red Dot Concept Award prizewinner 2010.
sono – MobiLe
uLtrAsound
A MobiLe WireLess
sonoGrAPHy systeM
For A Wide rAnGe
oF APPLiCAtions.
Hannes Harms
“I chose mobile sonography
because the increasing quality
of modern ultrasonic systems
makes them the noninvasive
diagnostic tool of the
future.
Analysis of modern ultrasound
diagnostic processes
involved a great deal of research,
and I learned a lot
about the optimization of process
flow and ergonomics.
overall I am pleased with the
results and happy about the
competent supervision I received
from my professors.”
Prof. Gert Trauernicht k uwid
“Hannes Harms’ ultrasound
study is a future-oriented design
concept taking special
account of increasing mobility
in ultrasound diagnostics.
The device shows impressively
how right and lefthandedness,
user-intuition
and high performance can be
communicated by adequate
design. All components are
immediately recognizable as
part of a diagnostic system,
and user processes are ideally
supported by design ergonomics.”
AuGMented
interVention
AssistAnt – MediCAL
HeAd-Mounted disPLAy
A system based on a headmounted
display will soon
enable surgeons to access
information in the course of
an operation in a way hitherto
impossible.
The successful project received
a Red Dot Concept
Award 2010.
Kilian Kreiser
“It was important for me to
undertake a visionary project
in the medical sector, where
there has been enormous
technological progress. The
SoNo mobile wireless ultrasound system.
sector combines immense
potential with a lack of ergonomic
solutions incorporating
high-level design. The project
was realized in collaboration
with Munich’s Pilotfish agency.”
Marc Nagel k Pilotfish
This Pilotfish application
takes an innovative step toward
achieving an augmented
reality in the world of
medicine. Centered on the
operating surgeon, it aims
to reduce contact problems
with new technologies. The
project opens interesting
vistas for future applicationoriented
innovations.
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