Packable Splint
Brief:
Design a healthcare product to help improve the life of the user.
Persona
- Henry Arenas
- Age: 47
- HR Manager
- Loves hiking, backpacking, and the outdoors
- Has a history of lower leg injuries
- Travels with his wife to new hiking spots
Character Board
Exploration
To start I did sketches in different areas of healthcare. Mobile, domestic, and human healthcare.
Next I narrowed down to five, and then I chose to pursue the leg brace, face mask, and a condom applicator.
Concept Selection
Once I chose to pursue the leg splint concept, I did a lot of iterations of the splint until I landed on the final design.
The different sketches used different methods of packing the splint so that the user could take it with them.
Final Direction
The wraps for the limbs are used to encase pouches that hold your medical supplies.
Final Design
The yellow support pieces keep the leg straight once it’s injured. The black straps wrap around the leg and the support pieces to hold them in place. They are also adjustable to different sized legs.
The wraps use Velcro straps to adjust the fit of the wrap. The yellow support pieces fold up and slide into the nylon bag which can slide into your hiking backpack.
