Sotera Wireless
ViSi Mobile
Winner: 2013 MDEA Finalist Award
First wearable wireless vital signs monitor for immediate patient awareness
The Why
Traditionally, in a hospital vital signs are taken every four hours. Sotera Wireless envisioned a way for physicians and nurses to have immediate access to vital patient parameters so they could intervene earlier and respond more rapidly.
The Who
Sotera Wireless’ ViSi Mobile™ is the “first of its kind” solution—providing constant data on core vital signs such as changes in blood-pressure, heart rate, oxygen saturation, temperature and pulse. Sotera is a Carlsbad, California-based digital health company dedicated to detecting early signs of patient deterioration in any acute care setting.
The How
When our experience design team approached the design for the wearable vital signs monitor, our first concern was with hospital workflows and how they could be positively affected by a compact, wearable system. The solution had to be good for the nurse, the patient and the hospital. Applying ethnographic research principles, we observed the hospital workflow, interviewed staff and assessed patient interaction.
Location: San Diego, California
Client Type: Digital Health Company
Industry: Medical Device
The Feeling
The result was a comfortable body-worn sensor that allowed for freedom of movement combined with highly accurate continuous monitoring of all vital signs and worked in harmony with the patient and the healthcare environment.
The Experience
The ViSi Mobile comprehensive vital signs monitoring system keeps clinicians connected to their patients, whether in bed, in transport, or while ambulating because even one failure-to-rescue is one too many.
Gunnar Trommer
Managing Director + Partner at BCGX
Industrial Design + Development: Sotera Wireless ViSi Mobile
I worked with DDSTUDIO in one of my previous positions leading Global Marketing at Sotera Wireless. Part of my role was to drive the industrial product and user interface design for the world’s first body-worn ICU-grade patient monitor. DDSTUDIO handled the User Experience, Industrial Design and Mechanical Engineering resulting in a phenomenal, FDA-approved medical device.
“DDSTUDIO is a solid product design partner that has been my first choice numerous times now.”
