Wearable for Disease Prevention and Contact Analysis

Impli are a London-based start-up, who are growing in the sector of health implants and health-related data gathering. In 2021, they were awarded funding by the UK government for their project ‘Lifeline’, with the aim to develop a wearable, which can aid in the combat of infectious diseases or epidemic/pandemic event. I was tasked with developing a wristband and PCB enclosure for their already existing electronics for a GPS bracelet. The design needed to be cost-efficient at a small quantity, but also indicative of what a final design might look like.

After initial concept sketches, we agreed on one design to take forward. I created a PCB enclosure consisting of two halves which used a snap fit to be assembled. This assembly would ‘sandwich’ the wristband. For this early proof-of-principle exercise, the wristband was 3D printed using a flexible resin, to simulate a silicon wristband.