Life sciences and diagnostic equipment maker Aspect Imaging, a division of Singapore-based Aspect International, and design and strategy firm frog, have collaborated to produce a new category of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines.
The Embrace Neonatal MRI System preps and scans newborn babies in under one hour within a hospital's neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Unlike most MRIs, the system doesn't require other medical equipment, cooling systems or a dedicated, shielded MRI facility.
Frog Creative Director James Luther said the design firm employed human-centered design process to perform field-work in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) throughout the United States and Europe. The goal was to understand “the context, roles, work flow and pain points” in NICUs, eliciting the advice of NICU physicians and nurses and replicating a NICU that included incubators and mock silicone newborns.
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