McLaren healthcare project - Remote and Charger

Part of this ecosystem, besides the body implant itself and the companion app, was a set comprised of a remote control and an implant charger. The remote control device was a safety measure that would allow patients to control the implant inside their bodies even in case they didn't had access to the respective companion app in their mobile devices. The charger allows patients to recharge their implant by sticking it to their bodies close to where the implant's charging nodes will be.

Me and a team of Industrial Designers iterated on the concepts, me specially focusing on the interface, the iconography and interaction, assuring consistency across all devices (including the app), contrast levels, touch areas, etc.

Renders like this helped us to check against the actual physical prototypes and compare sizes i.e. for buttons, icons, LED information, as well as providing a clear vision of what the devices would be to stakeholders, hardware engineers, etc.

This was part of a concept for a McLaren healthcare project (partnership with Google and GSK). The project was focused on designing an entire ecosystem focused on body implant devices that will allow treatment of various medical conditions via neuromodulation.

Read more here:
https://us.gsk.com/en-us/research/what-we-are-working-on/bioelectronics-research/bioelectronics-at-sxsw/

Industrial Design credits: Ryan Jongwoo Choi (http://www.ryanchoi.co.uk/) and Jay Canham (https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jay-canham-20035b13)