C-mo is an innovative wearable designed in collaboration with C-mo Medical Solutions. A medical device to monitor chronic cough, empowering patients to manage their health condition and enabling continuous monitoring through data transmission from their home to the clinicians.

Do you know chronic cough is responsible for up to 40% of the pulmonologists' workload? Doctors currently don't have the tools necessary to manage their patient's coughs effectively. This contributes to late diagnoses and to the mismanagement of several chronic conditions.

C-mo solves this problem. Being able to fit any type of body, at any age, gives doctors a powerful tool to quickly diagnose and prevent further complications.

C-mo's embedded technology allows perfect connectivity with its software solution, empowering patients to manage their health condition and enabling data transmission from their homes to the clinicians.

At the forefront of cough monitoring, C-mo technology is the volte-face in the management and research of cough, unlocking its full potential.

Since C-mo is a wearable device for the health sector, there were some challenges to overcome in the development process.

First of all, as it is a wearable to be placed in the abdominal area next to the user's chest, the miniaturization of the product was one of the main focuses in order to make the product comfortable and discreet to the user. Because of that, in close collaboration with the client, the product was designed from the inside out, starting with all the electronic parts and components that needed to be compatible with the outer shell, in order to reduce the dimensions of the device as much as possible.

In the second place, because this product is considered a medical device, it needs to pass a greater number of tests and trials that are quite rigorous to obtain the certifications required for its commercialization. Continuous prototyping was key to this manner.

Lastly, the broad target audience extends from children to the elderly. This constraint brought huge complexity because the product had to gain some elasticity. Fortunately, we had several opportunities to prototype the solutions and test them with different users in order to ensure the best result.

From the patient's perspective, C-mo offers greater comfort in cough monitoring. The reduced dimensions of the product and its configuration with a flexible middle part, allow it to adapt to all types of users in an organic way, thus resulting in a discreet use of the product.

From the doctor's point of view, this device allows the collection of factual data, in real-time, about the patient's condition, avoiding subjective descriptions given by the user. This way, the doctor has all the information needed to develop a more efficient diagnosis that allows him to detect possible problems, faster, and prevent any complications in the future.

From the design perspective, C-mo is an excellent example of the power of design when applied as an integral part of a company. Since the beginning of this project, we've been working in close proximity with the C-mo team which allowed us to constantly share new ideas and possible directions for the project. This continuous collaboration resulted in multiple proposals that lead to multiple tests with the end-user, finally resulting in the product that we have today. We strongly believe that working with people with this kind of mindset is the best way to achieve innovative solutions.