stea-35

the challenge:

visions for ICU in 10 years

field:

Strategic Industrial Design

created:

2024 in Umeå, 🇸🇪

goal

Improving Intensive Care Units in the Next 10 Years.

solution

Expanding the ICU closer to the patients for immediate care.

Sepsis — Critical global health concern.

Sepsis —
Critical global health concern

Sepsis: A Critical Global Health Concern.

> 50 million

sepsis cases yearly

> 50 million

sepsis cases yearly

> 50 million

sepsis cases yearly

1 in 5 patients dies

50%

post sepsis syndorme

50%

post sepsis syndorme

50%

post sepsis syndorme

Sepsis Treatment and Early Assessment:

Sepsis is a life-threatening reaction to infection that demands treatment within the first hour. STEA-35 is designed to give ambulance paramedics the power to act fast — diagnosing and treating sepsis before the patient even reaches the hospital. Its diagnostic pen and disposable cassette house advanced blood-cleaning technology, enabling rapid intervention and dramatically improving survival rates.

Extension of ICU

Patient’s home

Patient’s home

ICU care starts

Ambulance

Ambulance

today's start of ICU

Today's start of ICU

Hospital

Hospital

ICU care starts

today's start of ICU

Quotes from Interviews

‘’Sepsis needs to get treated within 1-2 hours’’

‘’A lot of sepsis cases go with the ambulance’’

‘’Currently no treatment for sepsis outside of hospital and the ICU’’

Concept Blueprint

  1. Vital signs

  2. Diagnostic tool

  3. Product set up

  4. Connect tubes

  5. Blood cleaning

  6. Handover

Steps of concept

01 Vitals

Use of a diagnostics tool to get confirmation of sepsis.

Use of a diagnostics tool to get confirmation of sepsis.

Use of a diagnostics tool to get confirmation of sepsis.

02 set up

The blood cleaning starts in the ambulance.

The blood cleaning starts in the ambulance.

The blood cleaning starts in the ambulance.

03 handover

On the way to the hospital

the blood cleaning starts.

On the way to the Hospital the blood cleaning starts

On the way to the Hospital the blood cleaning starts

‘’We would love to effectively treat sepsis to enhance patient outcomes.’’

‘’We would love to effectively treat sepsis to enhance patient outcomes.’’

‘’We would love to effectively treat sepsis to enhance patient outcomes.’’

Teamwork

Meet my international design pals 🇸🇪 🇨🇳

Meet my international design pals 🇸🇪 🇨🇳

Left to me is Nina Nording — from Umeå, Sweden

Right to me is Jinying Cheng — from shanghai, China

Key insights

Ambulance,

grab and go.

Ambulance,

grab and go.

Everything is organized in bags—ready to grab and go. Paramedics bring specific equipment based on what they anticipate the patient may need, but at times, this can be too much to carry.

Sepsis Treatment and early assessment.

Sepsis Treatment and early assessment.

Mounts in every way needed.

Cassette can be exchanged.

Made to safe lives - intuitively.

made to safe

lives - intuitively

process