The Ventilator Project (Volunteer)
(2020)
| Background: | I was Director of UX for The Ventilator Project, working in a volunteer capacity and managing a small UX team. The Ventilator Project (now called TVP Health) is a non-profit 100% volunteer organization that created a low-cost ventilator to treat COVID-19. |
| Problem: | Early in the pandemic, there was an anticipated shortage of ventilators. The Ventilator Project was founded to address that need by designing a ventilator that could be created from easily sourced low-cost parts. When I joined the organization they had a rough engineering prototype but no user interface. |
| Solution: | I established and led a small UX team to research and design a ventilator UX. We performed research with pulmonologists and respiratory therapists, and evangelized UX within the organization. |
| Result: | The FDA approved the ventilator for emergency use in March 2021. |
Interactive prototype (may be slow to load):
