Project summaryRoyal Brompton Hospital
Spiro
Brief by: Royal Brompton Hospital
Year: 2017
Skills: Industrial Design, Human-Centred Design
In collaboration with: Josephine Latreille, Keshav Jagan
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Design a low-cost medical device that can measure COPD in rural regions.
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Compact, simple to use medical device. Easy to clean and maintain.
‘Design a low-cost medical device to measure COPD for patients residing in low-resource settings and field hospitals.’
The design follows the need to be robust, modular and easy to clean. Our aim was for this device to be a simple to use, have minimal moving parts and be compact to carry.
To clean, repair and replace the internal turbine, simply remove the mouthpiece.
We have been fortunate to have medical experts in the field from Royal Brompton Hospital and Médecins Sans Frontières contribute their knowledge and inform our designs.
