SEE THRU INFRARED FRENZEL GOGGLES
Industrial Design, Prototyping, Medical Devices
A client came to me with the desire to improve the user experience during the diagnosis of vestibular conditions using a medical device called Frenzel goggles. The goggles use infrared cameras to observe the independent movements of the eye in an absence of visual stimuli. My client works in a unique situation as he often performs this task in his patient’s homes. He needed a system that was easily portable and required no external equipment. I developed a functional prototype of this system that is being used and tested with real patients.
Existing Solutions
Traditional Infrared Video goggles require a complicated setup and must be tethered to a computer in order to function.
Optical Frenzel goggles require little to no external equipment, but work less accurately as a diagnostic tool because they allow for some external visual stimulation.
Our solution was to combine the diagnostic benefits of the video goggles with the ease of use of the optical frenzel goggles by putting the viewscreen and all the controls directly on the face of the device. A cardboard prototype was produced to quickly check electrical and optical integration. Followed by the development of a robust version that is currently being used with real patients.
