Dezeen School Shows: we've rounded up five student projects presented on Dezeen School Shows that aim to upgrade and improve the design of healthcare apparatus.
These product and industrial design students have chosen to design medical products with the goal of improving patients' experience and subsequent wellbeing.
This roundup of projects includes a tampon applicator that can be used by people of all abilities, a wearable device that aims to treat sleep disorders, and an inflatable stretcher designed to help respond to accidents in the Canadian wilderness.
The selection of projects come from product design and industrial design courses at international institutions including Zurich University of the Arts, University of Wales Trinity St David, L'École de design Nantes Atlantique and Brunel University.
MyHemo by Adeline Leon
Adeline Leon, an Industrial Design and Technology student at Brunel University in London, designed a system comprising both hardware and software elements that aim to help alleviate the effects of iron deficiency.
Leon's smartphone app uses gamification to encourage patients to take their medication and follow the required nutrient-rich diet and a matching water bottle contains chambers that can hold tablets, iron-rich snacks, and water.
"Iron deficiency, if unaddressed, leads to anemia which can have serious, life-threatening consequences," said Leon.
"50 per cent of the medicated population are non-adherent to their regime due to ...