Research Facts
60%
Knee Injuries in all sports related injuries
50%
ACL Injuries of knee related injuries
70%
Athletes ACL injuries occur through mechanism
(Pivoting, Cutting, Sidestepping, Awkward Landing)
8x
Athletes suffer ACL torn more in competition
200k
ACL injuries per year
100k
ACL injuries require surgery
1/15000 Times
Practice/compete athlete torn ACL
4-6x
Females are more likely to have knee injury
12 Months
Most ACL injury surgeries average recovery time
10.4 Million
Knee relate injuries per year
$500 Million
U.S. Healthcare cost per year spend on ACL Injuries
$30 Billion
U.S outpatient rehabilitation Market
Interview Insights
“The lack of motivation is stopping me from doing the physical therapy exercise.”
“I am not able to feel the progress, I can hardly tell the difference.”
“It’s really hard to build trust between physical therapist and patient during exercise.”
Target User
Eric Rene had a knee surgery a couple days ago, he is in the process of rehabilitation. He is looking forward to have a new supportive knee brace to assist him get through this long and uncomfortable recovery processes.
Train like an athlete, eat like a nutritionist,
sleep like a baby, win like a champion.
User Daily Tasks
User Daily Task Breakdown
Criteria
Fluid Support
Brace provides physical support to post knee surgery patient throughout different daily tasks.
(Walking, Climb Stairs, Shower, PT exercises)
Progress Data
Patient can view personal data collect through tracking sensors in Reset app to see progress.
Motivate and Remind
The app system motivates and reminds patients to do therapy exercises according to schedule.
Pain Relief
Cooling is the best way to reduce the discomfort from swelling knee.
Physical Therapy Coaching
Within the Reset app, there are videos for every exercise to guide the patients.
System Diagram
User Tests
Concept Development
Brace Features
Airtech
Integrated pneumatic muscles to provide flexible support.
Cooltech
Integrated cooling channels within the brace to reduce pain.
SmartKnob
Easily and intuitively adjusts the level of support for the user.
CoolCharge
Provides cooling fluid for the channels within the brace and power to the brace.