How EchoNous Turned the Nursing Stand into an AI Station
With the goal of reinventing what has historically been an afterthought medical device element, EchoNous commissioned an iconic industrial designer and solicited advice from clinicians and biomedical leaders at one of the nation's top health systems to create a new docking station for nurses.
The result is the AI Station, an expandable platform that integrates the company's current intelligent tools, the Uscan bladder scanner and the EchoNous Vein, as well as devices still in development. EchoNous said the new station will use emerging artificial intelligence methods along with the company's miniaturized ultrasound platform.
âEverything from colors to selection of materials to the most minute of daily functions were reconsidered from a blank sheet of paper and through a fresh set of eyes,â said Niko Pagoulatos, the chief operating officer at EchoNous. âQuite importantly we have integrated a flexible electronic hub into the AI Station, aimed at both current and newly emerging AI functionality tasks.â
The company hired Dave Schenone, Nike's former global footwear creative director and product innovation director, to help design the new station from the ground up based on direct input from nurses and biomedical engineers. Prior to Nike, Schenone held design positions at Xerox Advanced Research Center, the Atari Corporation, a...
Source: MDDI - Category: Medical Devices Authors: Amanda Pedersen Tags: Design Software Source Type: news
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