°pen

Degree pen (°pen) is an essential medical product concept that combines the concept of a contactless thermometer and a pulse oximeter. The pandemic has made a lot of differences in the world, and it has made the use of thermometer a basic necessity from supermarkets to hospitals, hence °pen has been designed to be carried with ease by simply clipping it to the cloth like a pen, making it easy for doctors to carry around and use it during their duty just like they carry a stethoscope around their neck.

Market opportunity:

Today, protective equipment like face masks and hand sanitizers are necessities for daily living. A thermometer in particular is the most crucial item currently available that can monitor invisible and possible threats to safeguard you and your loved ones from harm.

The medical profession is the most affected profession since the COVID-19 pandemic as they have to deal with many patients in their day-to-day life. They are exposed to several viruses as they selflessly treat patients without knowing their temperature levels. An ideal way for doctors to know the temperature is by using a thermometer, but the current thermometers in the market make it a tiring task to carry around. It is high time thermometers were designed and manufactured as an essential product for doctors, just like a stethoscope is designed for ease of use.

Although the self-testing culture is spreading, there are very few products that are designed to meet the deepest desires of common users (non-medical users). The pandemic has shown us that people are extensively using pulse-oximeters and thermometers at home, which were previously used only in clinics. There is an opportunity to design the product to meet the deepest desires of users by meeting their aesthetic needs and usability needs.

Outbreak of covid-19 has brought many changes to the world.

Doctors carry essential equipment with them, such as a stethoscope.

Moodboard-Pebbles-Simple, welcoming, friendly, comforting, calm & soft

Ideation sketches: exploring different concepts through thumbnail sketches, quick sketches, and concept sketching.

Rapid prototyping (low fidelity), to check the product's dimensions, ergonomics, and form at an early stage before moving to CAD.

Final product

Infrared-Ray temperature sensor

Blood pulse & Oxygen saturation level sensor

Simply sliding the °pen will activate the pulse oximeter sensor to read the blood oxygen level. Slide close the °pen to go back to the temperature mode.

Using °pen to calculate the body temperature. The simple UI gives fast information about the temperature and the emoticon communicates the severity of the temperature.

Doctor carrying °pen in their lab coat along with a stethoscope.

Doctor connecting °pen to its integrated application in a tablet.

Doctors can easily carry around a °pen by fastening it to their clothes. The integrated app can be used to track and feed data about users, user's families, & patients.

Render explorations