Symbiosis of Design And Healthcare: The Story of an ECG Device

A young Hungarian designer rethought the traditional ECG Holter into easily applicable and smart ECG wearable. It’s just one example how design will appear in healthcare in the future; how elements of design thinking and (user interface) UX will become an organic part of the development of medical devices. An example of brilliance: redesigning the traditional ECG Holter A young Hungarian designer, Ádám Miklósi contacted me half a year ago that he redesigned the traditional ECG Holter. As one of the 85 million Europeans suffering from cardiovascular disease, he frequently had to get into contact with the medical device. He actually found the traditional ECG Holter fascinating. Well, in a sense how frequently it is used on patients in hospital environments despite being so not patient-friendly. You could and would not use the traditional ECG Holter at home. It’s too complicated to apply, too „hospital-like” and too costly. Moreover it does not provide the best possible measurements either. What would a genuine designer do? Yes, of course, he started to redesign it. He imagined a functional yet fun and patient-friendly ECG Holter. He faced the challenge of using a great technology in minimum size and applying some kind of patches onto various skin types for a longer period of time. The result is a colorful, waterproof and minimally sized wearable design called the Dab, which is easy to apply on the body and results in accurate measurements. Photo credit: Kevin Ca...
Source: The Medical Futurist - Category: Information Technology Authors: Tags: Health Sensors & Trackers Healthcare Design digital future Innovation medical medical design technology wearables Source Type: blogs