Design process that was followed in this project:
• Introduction
- Background
- Design Methodology
• Primary Research
- Data Collection
- Understanding the basic functioning of heart
- Understanding the ECG
- Understanding the ECG recording process
- Target Users
• Secondary Research
- Field Visit
- Observations Scenario 1
- Observations Scenario 2
- A day in the life
- Interviews
- Key Users Scenario 1
- Key Users Scenario 2
- Key Findings
- User Perspective
- ECG Technician’s perspective
- Patient’s perspective
- Design student’s perspective
- Activity Analysis
- Problem clustering and collage
- Micro level Activity Analysis of ECG Recording
- Market Study
- Existing ECG machines in the market
- Existing ECG trollies available in the market
- Wearable devices for ECG monitoring and Recording
- Type of ECG recording electrodes in the market
• Design Process
- Design Brief
- Mind mapping the scenario problems
- Mind mapping the scenario problems
- Selection of Design Approach
• Approach 1-Health KIOSK
- Mind Map
- The scenario - Health Kiosk
- Early Ideations
- Bionics
- Understanding bionics of various insects
- Conclusion
- Further Insights
• Approach 2-PUBLIC HEALTH CENTRE
- Mind map the scenario problems
- Mind mapping the System Level
• Design of primary components
- Design solution for controlling ECG gel
- Brainstorming
- Early Ideations
- Understanding the proposed process
- The concept of pre gelled electro conductive Sticker
- Design solution for wire entanglement
- Brainstorming
- Early Ideations
- Understanding the printed flexible electronics
- The concept - Chest Electrode gadget
- Design of limb electrodes
- Brainstorming
- Ideations
- Final Concept
- Design of overhead Boom
- Brainstorming
- Ideations
- Final Concept
• Quick mock up and Role play
- Proportion study and verification of concepts
- Feasibility & Ergonomics study
• Design of secondary peripheral components
- Design of sanitizer container
- Brainstorming
- Early Ideations
- Final Concept
- Design of dustbin
- Brainstorming
- Early Ideations
- Final Concept
• Design of the trolley system
- Ideations
- Selection of approach for a language
- Steering of the trolley
• The Concepts
- Images and mood board
- Initial Iterations
- Renderings Proposed Concepts
• User Feedback
- Mock Up
- User Observations
- Expert Interviews
- Thinking from Expert’s point of view
- User Interviews
- Thinking from patient’s psychological perspective
- Concept Evaluation
- Further Scope of the project
• Further Refinement and Branding
- Further Refinement and Changes
- Icon Design
- Branding
• Final Concept
- First Look
- Value Proposition
- Dimensional Details
- Mock Up - Scaled down model
- Conclusion
- References
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