Flux-2 Bioprinter
by Frontier Bio
Industrial Design Intern
8 months
Oakland, CA.
Frontier Bio, a biotech start-up had an ambitious vision of building a Bioprinter used for research in advanced life sciences. As a first-hired industrial designer, I was challenged in this early-stage start-up to design this idea with mechanical, and biomaterial engineers and lab technicians.
Concept Development
Product Architecture
Branding
Bioprinting is a 3D technique of printing alive cells in a stack form to create a tissue or other organ models. It requires a controlled environment and precision to avoid cell deaths.
Flux 01 (right image) was the initial starting point for this project. This prototype was made to test biomaterial developed that would work with both spray and stack printing. Depending upon the feeder, the goal was to print precise scaffolds of living cells.
Concept
UV Sterilization
Bio-safety
HEPA Filters
To maintain cell viability and ensure a sterile environment with constant temperatures, the new bioprinter must be reliable, robust, and user-friendly.
Aesthetic Benchmark
Design Process
Through on-site interviews, observations, brainstorming sessions and feedback sessions, gathered information to understand the current pain points.
From the gathered data, created user journey map that touches upon overall scope of using the bioprinter.
Initial sketches exploring various forms.
Finalized concept.
Developing the form further for details
Developing the form further for details
Developing the form further for details
Finalized product architecture that redefined Flux-02 with UV curing and built-in HEPA filters.
