AHO WORKS STUDIES 2012-2013
Design Studies
Student Projects
OTIVIO WARM: PRE-HOSPITAL TRAUMA TREATMENT DEVICE
Linda Natalia Tunheim, Alexandre Chappel, Niklas Schmidt, Per-Johan Sandlund,
Øystein Helle Husby and Kjartan Vaalan
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN 2: PROTOHYPE
Master studio
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One semester
Otivio WARM i
s a novel pre-hospital hypothermia treatment device that is
very easy to use. A trauma injury is defined as a ‘physical wound caused by
an external force’, typically a bleeding injury. Failure to prevent hypothermia
will
lead to the trauma triad of death – a vicious circle that ultimately leads
to coagulopathy, a state where the body’s blood cannot form clots to stop the
bleeding. If body temperature cannot be raised, the patient
will
bleed to death.
A warm patient is a treatable patient. Otivio WARM is a novel pre-hospital
treatment device that uses patented technology to actively heat patients to
avoid hypothermia.
Otivio WARM is simply placed around the patients (non-injured) arm and
treatment can start immediately. It makes sure the heat goes where it’s need-
ed – the core of the body. While the technical requirements of the product
ultimately serve the injured patient, it is the user who operates the product
that defines the functional requirements.
