Nurep / Avail

Telesurgery Platform

Year c. 2015–2016
Discipline Industrial Design, Physical Interaction Design
Role Industrial Design Lead

Physical interaction design and form language for a telesurgery hardware platform — from concept through first production run.

Nurep Avail telesurgery device

Nurep is a startup whose platform allows surgical equipment reps to provide live remote support to surgical teams — drastically increasing each rep's reach and reducing costs to hospitals and patients. We were brought on for the physical interaction design and form language of the hardware.

Nurep early prototyping

Specifications for the hardware required an overhead camera on an articulating extendable arm. Through user feedback, we found that compactness while in storage was also critical. Several quick prototypes explored the right balance between a fully articulating arm when in use and a tidy package for storage.

Nurep prototype iterations

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Nurep form exploration

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Nurep physical interaction detail

We continued refining interaction details and form language through daily rapid prototyping, with each iteration informing the next.

Nurep final design render

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Nurep detail view

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Nurep detail view 2

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Nurep detail view 3

The final design balances physical interaction design and form with off-the-shelf components and operating room regulatory requirements. From the outset, we insisted on working directly with the manufacturing partner — a brake-formed metal specialist — to achieve more organic, complex forms within their existing processes.

Nurep first production run

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Nurep production detail
Willow → Wearable Breast Pump