ERGOFLOWERASMUS MC 2022

Hospital staff currently experience significant work pressure. As a designer, I have the potential to address this issue, and I have done so by collaborating with a team on the ErgoFlow. A product designed to better protect the physician from toxic substances and, above all, enhance the experience of performing laser treatments.

01.

Project Start

After thorough research into the current challenges of laser extraction in the hospital, a desired situation has been formulated. To ensure the verifiable achievement of this desired situation, requirements have been established. These have been converted into principals and presented to various stakeholders.

02.

Design

Transforming principles into a feasible product requires a substantial design effort. The product's size works to its advantage, facilitating swift testing with (**mock-up**) models after a few initial sketches. These models are tested and compared against the requirements, yielding insights that inform a new design iteration towards the final product.

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Final Product

After a 4-month process, a final design has been achieved. This implies that the design must be producible, functional, and safe. Furthermore, the requirements have been fulfilled to the best extent, validated by a substantial number of user tests. As a designer, satisfaction is derived from the final design, and there is confidence that, through the dedication of the design team, it closely aligns with the desired situation.

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Next Steps

A design is never truly complete. There are always potential adjustments, ten more user tests, five more FEM analyses, or eight more design iterations that could be conducted. However, as a designer, understanding the value of efficiency is crucial and what makes one designer better than the other. The decision has been made to provide some further design recommendations instead of implementing them directly. This allows the client to be aware of possible adjustments.