“We’re gratified that the innovation and hard work that went into bringing this product to life has been so richly recognized.”įor this project, I was brought in as front-end design lead, but that morphed into an in-house UX analyst and researcher, taking over from an outside designer who had begun some high-level wire-frame exploration. “Winning a Medical Design Excellence Award is quite an honor,” commented Rick Kates, global senior director for digital health at Bayer, who led the Contour USB development team. The Bayer product development team was presented with a trophy at an awards ceremony in New York City during the Medical Design & Manufacturing East Conference and Exposition.

The Contour USB meter, which Bayer said is the first blood glucose monitor with plug-and-play diabetes management software, was recognized for its innovation and user-friendly operation. Bayer’s Contour USB blood glucose meter has received a silver Medical Design Excellence Award, which recognizes excellence in medical product design and manufacturing.īayer Diabetes Care, part of Bayer HealthCare’s Medical Care Division, said the Contour USB meter won the award in the in-vitro diagnostics category, one of 10 categories for the Medical Design Excellence Award, sponsored by the specialist journal Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry. It was a nice feeling to work on a life-saving product, with a sobering weight of responsibility to get it right.

The Contour/Glucofacts system was a first in class design combining a blood glucose meter with its own desktop analysis software.

I picked up the wireframes where they left off, and continued to develop all phases of creative development on this project, from user journeys to interaction design, adaptive color palettes to UI animations, information dashboard design and branding explorations to asset prep and handoff to developers, all within tight timeframes and an agile environment.

I came into this project a month or so after kickoff, when Bayer decided they needed an in-house creative. UX/UI design of Bayer’s (now Ascensia) Contour USB / Glucofacts Deluxe

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