Eco friendly design process could enable new breed of medical devices
Cambridge Consultants has unveiled a new concept blood glucose monitor that it says has a third of the environmental impact of traditional devices.
Using the company's 'Ecovation' design process, the device is said to achieve a 65% reduction in environmental impact as well as offering usability advantages for diabetes sufferers.
"Applying Ecovation principles at the design stage needs to become standard practice if we are to reduce our carbon footprint," commented Gemma Evans, senior consultant in innovation management at Cambridge Consultants. "But making a product greener should never take away from its reliability or functionality and, as we have demonstrated, it can in fact improve its usability and the user experience while minimising its environmental impact."
The company says that the approach employed in Ecovation can be applied to any type of product to reduce its overall environmental impact.
