DESIGN MIAMI 2011
TOKYO DESIGN WEEK 2011
DUTCH DESIGN WEEK 2011
VIENNA DESIGN WEEK 2011
Posted by hipstomp | 16 Jun 2009
While OXO products have been helping people open jars and peel carrots for years, they've recently focused their Universal Design prowess on a more prickly subject: Syringes.
Research done by biopharmaceutical company UCB showed that patients with rheumatoid arthritis have trouble administering self-injections. Seeking a solution, UCB partnered up with OXO, which identified six areas where they could make improvements (the five call-outs on the image above, plus easy-to-open packaging), and the Cimzia pre-filled syringe was born.
How different is the Cimzia from previous syringes? Extremely different; hit the jump to see an historical timeline of syringe designs.
