2024 | Professional

MUSE Design Awards Silver Winner

"Flamingo" HPV Self-Testing Kit

Entrant Company

Liu Xiaojing, Xie Yuran, Xu Zihe, Zhai Yukai, Xia Xu

Category

Conceptual Design - Healthcare

Client's Name

Central South University

Country / Region

China

Regular HPV testing is recognized by the world of medicine as an effective means for women to prevent cervical cancer, but the traditional way of making appointments for hospital examinations is time-consuming and laborious. Some people often feel uncomfortable due to privacy issues during the testing process and are reluctant to insist on regular checks. The "Flamingo" HPV self-testing kit provides women with a convenient and easy home self-check solution, that is, self-sampling, sending it back for testing, online reporting, and tracking services. "Flamingo" closely integrates the functional requirements in the self-testing process with the morphological characteristics of the product, and through the detailed design innovation of the shapes and materials of components such as the sampler, inflatable pad, and storage box, helps users complete the HPV self-test in a self-directed and relaxed state.

The shape of the "Flamingo" sampler is derived from the Flamingo bird, which symbolizes freedom and bravery. Its abstract, rounded, and pink-purple appearance can narrow the psychological distance between the product and the user at first sight. The arc at the bottom of the bird's wings realizes the insertion depth protection function; the rotation of the bird's head realizes the step-by-step sampling function; the small ball shape of the beak realizes the function of preventing idling. The inflatable pad replaces the function of the inspection sampling table, which is more suitable for home operation. Its concave-convex shape can guide the user to enter the correct self-test posture, and the soft inflatable structure enhances the comfort of use. The sampler is used in conjunction with the inflatable pad and storage box, just like the Flamingo guarding its nest and eggs. Such a shape combination reinforces the product design positioning of a female health guardian.

The "Flamingo" HPV self-testing kit helps women pay more conveniently and comfortably attention to their own health, and serves the new lifestyle of confident, positive, and fashionable modern women.

Credits

Central South University
LIU XIAOJING
Central South University
XIE YURAN
Central South University
ZHAI YUKAI
Central South University
XU ZIHE
Mengji Innovation Consulting Company
Xia Xu
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