Yan Chen


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Bracekit



Type



Material exploration

Product design



Role



Research

Ideation

Video production



Collaborators



Evan Reinhound

Li Shen

Rebecca Marsden

Yang Liu



Research Concept Development Outcome



Year



2018


TIME

4 weeks



Bracekit is a wearable first aid kit with isolated disinfectant pods to treat minor cuts and grazes in unhygienic conditions before they unnecessarily cause more serious medical problems.




When on perilous journeys traversing all sorts of terrain, cuts and grazes are bound to happen. They are generally minor problems and very easily treatable. But in unhygienic conditions, small wounds can quickly become infected, causing much bigger health problems. By cleaning the wound in a timely manner, unnecessary complications can be prevented. How might we clean wounds in unhygienic conditions while on the move?





Concept Development



Mapping trends, signals, and their implications.



Charged with designing for safety in mobility, our team aimed to identify an addressable problem with a big impact. This product was designed in response to stories of refugees whose minor injuries became life threatening while traversing all sorts of terrain.






Exploration of materials, form, and function



When on perilous journeys traversing all sorts of terrain, cuts and grazes are bound to happen. They are generally minor problems and very easily treatable. But in unhygienic conditions, small wounds can quickly become infected, causing much bigger health problems. By cleaning the wound in a timely manner, unnecessary complications can be prevented.


How might we clean wounds in unhygienic conditions while on the move?



Concept rendering and prototype



Bracekit is a wearable first aid kit with isolated disinfectant pods to treat minor cuts and grazes in unhygienic conditions before they unnecessarily cause more serious medical problems.


User can squirt out the disinfectant when pressing the pod and apply the disinfectant without touching the wound. The puncture in the pod controls the flow of the application.


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