Smart Care
Category: Medical Device Design
A smart insulin management kit designed to empower partially sighted individuals by ensuring an accurate, safeguarded insulin routine. This innovative solution uses insulin components to create an integrated and a user-friendly system enhancing ease and comfort. Improving daily insulin administration not only helps prevent further complications leading to vision loss but also provides autonomy to people living with retinopathy.
Diabetic Retinopathy is a leading cause of blindness globally
The Problem
Diabetic retinopathy is an eye condition that can lead to vision loss and blindness in people with uncontrolled diabetics. People with diabetic Retinopathy experience blurry vision, floaters and challenge in reading. Nearly 10 million people have retinopathy in USA.
Retinopathy makes it difficult to take insulin making it difficult to treat retinopathy………A paradox?
Nearly one in four people have retinopathy with ages 40 and over.
28.5%
77.3%
Prevalence of diabetic retinopathy is found in people with type 1 diabetes.
People had vision-threatening diabetic retinopathy, in 2021
1.8M
Brainstorming session to map out possible areas to intervene
Stakeholder Mapping
Stakeholders play a vital role in the design process, offering valuable insights from both experts and individuals who experience the challenge firsthand. Their input ensures that the products designed resonate deeply with the users and address their needs.
Interviews Insights
Retinopathy Users:
The most challenging thing is the feeling of dependency even when taking insulin.
Reading small fonts becomes extremely challenging especially when taking medications.
Medical Experts: Ophthalmologist
People use insulin pen since they are easier to use unlike pumps that have complex tech involved’
Diabetic Retinopathy cannot be reversed and can lead to vision loss’
Ideation Sketching
Initial Prototypes
The Glasses!
These glasses serve as a rapid prototype to emulate the vision of individuals with retinopathy. This allows for a deeper understanding of their challenges and firsthand experiences, to design effectively.
Design Concept
Large Screen Display
Simplified User Interface
High contrasting product elements for easy differentiation
One integrated system to manage insulin
contrasting colors + integrated components
A smart insulin kit designed for partially sighted individuals to ensure an accurate insulin routine using
Key Features
Final Design Prototypes
How it works
UI/UX
The interface and user experience are designed with a focus on minimalism. Since individuals with retinopathy often struggle to read text, the icon-based interface makes it easier for them to understand interactions and follow steps more intuitively.
01. Inserting Needles
02. Replacing Cartridge
03. Taking the Dose
an accurate and safeguarded insulin routine
The smart insulin pen connects to the kit via Bluetooth, displaying all interactions on a large screen for easy readability. The insulin pen is thoughtfully designed with high-contrast colors, allowing individuals with retinopathy to easily differentiate between various elements, ensuring maximum safety and comfort.
Smart Care
Components
Smart Insulin Pen
Needle
Sterile Wipes
Screen
Insulin kit Case (Main Body)
Features
All the insulin components within the smart kit are connected via Bluetooth, creating an integrated system.
Interaction between the components with the process is displayed on the large screen of the insulin kit for effortless insulin routine.
Contrasting element helps extensively in differentiating between the components in people with retinopathy.
Smart Insulin Pen provides Interactive light feedback when the turning dose knob reaches the set required dosage that is to be taken.