Convenient 尿袋 by Yanqing Lan is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 鐵獎 in 醫療產品設計 Competition Category.

鐵醫療產品· 2021

Convenient 尿袋

by Yanqing Lan

Client: Anny Team

A' Design Award 鐵獎 Winner in 醫療產品 Category

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The Design

About Convenient 尿袋

Convenient係一款便攜式尿袋,專為需要佩戴尿袋外出嘅患者而設計。呢個一次性容器可盛載1000毫升,由三個互相連接嘅獨立小袋組成,配合可重複使用嘅腿部綁帶佩戴。吸水性高分子material可以將尿液迅速固化,減少異味,並喺活動期間保持內容物穩定。每個裝滿嘅獨立小袋以按鈕閥密封,然後可拆卸並棄置,令整個尿袋保持輕巧、易於隱藏。設計目的係減輕使用者喺生理同心理上嘅不適同尷尬。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 鐵獎

Convenient 尿袋是 A' Design Award 鐵獎得主，這是授予滿足人們對設計精良的創作所期待的專業與工業要求的優良設計的聲望認可。鐵獎得主展現出其創作者的高超技藝、高度專業化、專家級的理解力和創造能力。預計Convenient 尿袋將成為一件備受推崇、令人欽佩且被珍愛的創作，既實用又創新。這件贏得 A' Design Award 鐵獎的設計整合了行業最佳實踐，並擁有與專業知識和才華相結合的稱職技術特性。Convenient 尿袋因其嚴謹而受到尊重，旨在提供有助於讓世界變得更美好的生活品質改善。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: This is a portable urine bag for patients who need to wear a urine bag when they go out. The SAP water-absorbing polymer can quickly solidify the urine, thereby reducing the odor and stabilizing the urine stored in the bag; the removable unit bag design facilitates the concealment and replacement of the bag and make the bag more lightweight. The bag additionally frees the patient from the embarrassment and psychological pressure.
Dimensions & Packaging: Overall product size: 245X270X145mm
Tags: Urine bag, convenient, urine solidification, detachable, emotional design
Production Technology: The product is made of Medical Silica Gel, SBR cloth, medical plastic, etc. The SAP water-absorbing polymer can quickly solidify the urine.
Design Challenge: Think about how the fluid flows into the urine bag, how to design the structure of the block valve, how to ensure the sealing of the urine bag, how much water-absorbing polymer is added to the tree sap, and how to calculate the quality and volume of the urine bag suitable for patients, etc. , the difficulty and breakthrough point of the design is to verify the suitable volume and installation of the urine bag and the simplicity of the operation of the urine bag.
Research: The feasibility and innovation of the design were verified by data study and patient investigation and by measuring and testing new materials.
For example, the water-absorbing polymer and water reaction time, mass and volume of the calculation statistics.
Inspiration: Urine bags are used by tens of thousands of people who are disabled to urinate by diseases and accidents to help drain their urine. Patients using urine bags suffer from both physical discomforts (including pain and peculiar odor) and physiological pressure.
Project Duration: The project started in July 2020 in Hebei and finished in January 2021 in Hebei.
Operation Flow: The urine bag is a 1000 ml disposable container consisting of three interconnected unit bags; the leg wrapping is reusable.
Step 1: Put the bottom leggings on the proper position of the thighs, and fix the button on the disposable urine bag on the leggings.
Step 2: Press the button valve to close the channel between the unit bags when the unit bag is full.
Step 3: Remove the unit bag and discard it in an appropriate place. The second unit bag is the same.
If the unit bag is not removed, urine will flow to the previous unit bag.
Team Members: Yanqing Lan
Zhuang Tian
Fengmin Liu
Jiayi Li