Overview

Foot ulceration is a common complication of diabetes, in which case sometimes the only treatment may be lower limb amputation. This has a significant impact on a patient’s physical health and overall wellbeing.

I worked on a project that offers modern technology for diabetic patients and clinicians to reduce the impact.

Developing universal designs across the patient facing and clinician facing markets was one of the challenges throughout the project. However, through testing and iterations, we managed to create designs that has proven utility in other market segments including workplace health and safety, sport-tech and pre/post surgery rehab.

Challenge/ problem

Diabetic foot disease is a serious complication of diabetes. The lifetime risk of diabetic patients for developing a foot ulcer is 25% and between 14% and 24% of patients require a major or minor lower limb amputation due to severe gangrene.
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The team at Calceus Health came to us with a vision to improve the care of patients with diabetes through an intelligent data platform that allows patients to take better control of their foot health and clinicians to help patients achieve better foot health outcomes.

My role

I worked on the design of the app, initially with another designer in the team, then managed the design part by myself. There were also engineers and product lead in the team.
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What I worked on includes: discovery research, ideation, wireframing, prototyping, branding and usability testing.