Laparoscopic Simulator System.
Anthropo: Patients, Trainees, Trainers, Surgeons / Context: Health Education. Universities. Hospitals. / Location: Madrid, Spain
WincoPro is the result of an ambitious I+D+i project required by Medical Simulator SL (Spain) to the IED Madrid Design School, for developing a Laparoscopic Simulator System which included Hardware, Software, UX and visual interface, naming and branding Design. The whole ecosystem.
As former IED Madrid Design School director, Iván Vidal had the opportunity to create a design team with closer professors, such as the industrial designer Frederic Misik, the UX Designer José Pajares and the product engineer Carlos Alarcón, and a group of IED alumni (Alex D`Alessio, Jose Antonio Camacho and Mr. Lara) who covered the three branch of this project: Brand, Hardware and Software Design.
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Challenge: To create an affordable and intuitive laparoscopic simulator system for the universities, surgery trainees and trainers. It includes the essential functionality and interfaces for laparoscopic training using the FSL (Fundamental of Laparoscopic System) technology.
As mentioned, the project flowed on three branch: 1.Brand Design, 2. Software and interface visualization Design and 3. Hardware / Product Design.
We create a name: WINCO from the syllables WIN (to see inside, to see through), and the CO (playing with the laparosCOpic sound). Then, the logotype which represents the tools (the W) and the window (the circle). Pro, belongs to the Professional series. One of the three versions available.
The project: There is no doubt it is a great example of co-design and a Hybrid Design, which includes all the components necessary to create a product (hardware), a system and a service, starting with a challenger briefing and a design team with more than ten members.
After two years of development, hundred of hours, many proposals, meetings and testing sessions with professional users the first funcional prototypes were built and tested. Until today WincoPro is evolving continuously and is a successful Laparoscopic Simulator sold in the Spanish, Portuguese and the Latin American market.
WincoPro is a new competitive simulator which covers the client premises and philosophy. As a part of a product family, WincoPro is the first in house designed, developed and commercialised device of a serie of simulators of the Health Simulation business unit of Medical Simulator SL.
All 3D modeling was made in Solid Works and Rhinoceros and prototyped from paper to aluminium. All the engineering, software and hardware interfaces and electronic components was a joint work between Designers and Medical Simulator engineers.
Winco Pro received the BID2018 Design Award mention as best Innovation and Design project.
Madrid, Spain
Page 115 in the official catalog (PDF).
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