Auris Monarch
Role: Lead Designer
The Auris Monarch is an endoscopic robotics platform, the first of its kind. Auris had created some revolutionary medical tools and were in need of a device to support these peripherals. We engaged their engineering team and started from scratch, leaving nothing unexplored. The final result is a best in class, first of its kind robotic endoscopy platform, deployed in a number of hospitals across the world. This platform is able to help lung cancer patients detect cancer in Stage 1, as opposed to Stage 4, helping save many lives.
This project was an incredible undertaking with various teams of multiple disciplines and backgrounds given it being a medical device. Everything was nascent up to and including user workflows. I led the entire ID development effort working closely with these teams.
I led and directed the modelmaking effort as well with my team, building full scale foam models and conducting tests to help develop and substantiate form considerations. This was instrumental in getting the appropriate proportions before committing to manufacturing the first real prototypes.
DFM/DFA was extremely involved and there were multiple issues with the first batch of machines. Alignment issues between parts, paint quality/toughness, uneven cooling, you name it. I was the sole industrial designer on DFM.
I worked closely with the paint manufacturer and multiple vendors to solve issues with manufacturing and paint. This served to develop requirements for CMF that met both medical standards and Auris quality standards.
