Peritect 2024-2025
Peritect is a home-based treatment for patients with end-stage renal disease.
The Peritect device is a patient centered remote monitoring device for patients doing Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD). The Peritect device tracks effluent flow, volume, and cloudiness in real time during dialysis treatment. That vital data is transmitted real time to a digital dashboard at the clinicians, enabling earlier detection of complications and more proactive care. The solution is designed to integrate seamlessly with current treatment systems.
The Peritect solution will:
– Help earlier detection of complications
– Prolong CAPD use and reduce technique transfer
– Improve patient outcomes and autonomy
– Ease the burden on healthcare professionals
– Reduce system costs associated with emergency care and hospital-based HD
Development of the Solution
The chosen idea, discovered in an ideation session, were developed into five rough concepts representing different ways to solve the same problem. Those concept illustrations were presented to clinicians in five different hospitals and each time the finger pointed at the same concept. The selected concept was mocked up in CAD and a non functional prototype was 3D printed and then tested on four different patients. These initial user testings clearly highlighted some challenges with the design and a new version of the concept was therefore made which are currently being tested.
The Team
Our interdisciplinary team played a crucial role in the development of the Peritect device. Bringing together clinical, technical, research, and design expertise, it allowed us to combine user-centred design principles, advanced engineering, and clinical insight to ensure the device is not only technically robust but also intuitive and practical in real-world healthcare settings. The diverse perspectives within our team fostered creative problem-solving and accelerated the product development making us able to make many iterations and learning loops.
