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Renders of 3 mobile phones showing medical information

The Helen Hamlyn Design Awards 2011

Healthcare Anytime-Anywhere

Stephen Matthews
RCA Innovation Design Engineering

This project proposes a fully integrated healthcare service to manage chronic diseases such as diabetes. A wearable patch dispenses medication from six chambers and is loaded with intelligent sensors that transmit their data via a wireless link to a mobile phone. Type I Diabetes was used as a case study to demonstrate proof of concept.

Winner Clearblue Design Award for Healthcare and Patient Safety

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