Aideas - Fashionable Asthma Inhalers

How

Aideas has developed fashionable asthma inhalers, which enhance physical usability, patient usage and adoption rates, general style appeal, and there-through commercialisation. This includes the technical know-how; the legislation requirements (Asthma inhalers are medical devices); and the Intellectual Property (IP) required for products.

The basic inhaler shape and appearance can be adapted to appeal to varied age groups and style preferences. Preliminary concepts include union jack, camouflage or child-friendly cartoon graphics.

Textures can be added to the decorative inhaler shell for blind or visually impaired patients, e.g. flexible rubber or plastic moulding to provide ridges, indents or embossing.
Plastic moulded decorative shells have been designed into child-friendly shapes, e.g. teddy-bear, bumble-bee and ladybird. The shape will reduce the fear or apprehension of a child to use the inhaler.

The workings of the inhaler are not altered. The function of the inhaler device are maintained completely, so medical re-validation is not required and the overall go-to-market costs are minimised and contained.

The Aideas - Fashionable Asthma Inhalers design allows for customisation of an existing medical device using cosmetic mechanical skins or shells. It allows improved patient usability and compliance via inclusive design and accessibility principles.

Please add your comments about Fashionable Asthma Inhaler below.

Go to: Medical Developments Overview blog entry.