A treatment experience that fights fear.

2018 - AT FH JOANNEUM FOR PARI

Children with chronic respiratory diseases often feel inhaling to be very unpleasant. How might we combine the therapy for asthma and other respiratory disorders with a positive experience?

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SUPERVISOR

Johannes Scherr

RESPONSIBILITIES

Research
Ideation
3D modelling
Prototyping

FINDINGS

Deep diving into the medical product development process.
Reframing a treatment into a playful companion.
Including children in different stages of the design process.

Make it a toy! Play can help children overcome their fear and turn the nebulizer into something they enjoy using instead. In an imaginative cooperation with LEGO, PARI could redefine the character of its products beyond a medical device.

Ergonomic research was an essential part of the project. After having analysed other handles for kids I tested my early models with 20 pupils from primary school. The colouring was later chosen by children, too.

The final design is informed by ergonomic as well as hygienic requirements. Incorporating LEGO elements it offers an infinite number of possibilities to create new characters and machines.

A race car is only one of many models you can build based on the nebulizer. The LEGO brick system offers infinite possibilities to always create new characters and machines with the PARI KLiX.