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Quik-Aid: The Portable and Modular First-Aid Kit

Product Pitch Deck: [link]

White Paper: [link]

 

My Contributions:

  • Conducted customer needs analysis

  • Created competitive product Pugh matrix

  • Defined product specifications

  • CAD design of modules (SolidWorks)

  • 3D printed works-like prototypes and final product for functional use

  • Sourced materials

  • Conducted materials life cycle assessment for sustainability

  • Filmed and edited the product video

  • Assisted in filing patent

Parents and individuals on-the-go often find themselves lacking essential first-aid solutions due to the inconvenience of carrying around a conventional, fully-stocked first-aid kit. Traditional first-aid kits are packed full of different materials to address varying needs, but these often are too robust for the casual scrape or cut that a child might experience on the playground or an adult might experience on a hike. Some individuals have resorted to packing their own plastic bags of various bandages and medical aids prior to leaving on a trip. Others simply choose to go without first-aid supplies. Thus, we design a product, Quik-Aid, that aims to address this gap by designing and creating an easy-to-use, customizable, and portable first-aid kit to keep individuals stocked with their most vital medical supplies.

Over the course of 10 weeks, our Product Design & Development (2.739J) team used an Agile scrum methodology to conduct customer surveys, generate product ideas, assess competing products, build and test prototypes, design a business plan, and create a final product of our design. Below are snippets from this product design workflow.

Concept downselection

Downselected product sketches

Works-like prototypes

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