Jules ShermanHealthcare product design & research since 2012

Work

Meaningful innovation begins with understanding the people we serve, then creating solutions with them, not simply for them.

A Canine Companions service dog in a blue vest sitting indoors with a person.

Canine Alert™ Device

For many veterans, PTSD-induced nightmares are a debilitating aspect of daily life impacting sleep quality, overall well-being and daily functioning.

A mother in a NICU recliner holds her preterm baby skin-to-skin inside the Kangarobe, the baby on CPAP with the tubing routed through the garment’s tabs.

The Kangarobe™

Safer, easier skin-to-skin holding in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).

A watercolor sequence of a young boy practicing mindful breathing in a flowering garden beside a turtle.

The Mindful Garden

Teaching young children how to manage their anxiety.

The Trach Sense system. On the left the sensor assembled on a pediatric tracheostomy tube, its housing carrying the product logo, with a heat moisture exchanger on the airway. A wireless signal crosses to the right, where two phone screens show the app: behind, a patient detail view; in front, the My Patients list, where one patient’s breathing trace has gone red under the warning There is a disruption in breathing.

Trach Sense

Emergencies involving tracheostomies, such as improper placement, obstruction, and accidental decannulation, pose critical risks, particularly in pediatric patients.

Two photographs side by side. On the left, two Connector Protectors resting on open palms: a wider box for a feeding-tube connection and a slim cylinder for an IV line, both in translucent plastic and small enough to sit across the fingers. On the right, a protector open on a bench with an IV connector seated inside it and the line running out through each end.

Connector Protectors

Preventing line, tube and drain disconnection remains an unmet need.

Front view of the redesigned yellow PPE isolation gown worn with a face mask.

Song PPE Gown

Despite being in use for decades, isolation gowns still have design flaws that pose significant threats to the safety of healthcare professionals (HCPs).

Neonatal Epinephrine Dosing

Epinephrine is currently packaged and sold exclusively for adult use, requiring nurses to manually calculate and administer adjusted doses for pediatric patients in high-pressure, life-saving situations.

NOOMA: A delayed cord clamping cart

Clinicians need a way to provide respiratory support to preterm infants immediately after birth while enabling delayed umbilical cord clamping to improve neonatal outcomes.

Pelvic Lift Cushion

Emergency department clinicians require a better way to support patients during pelvic exams to improve exam effectiveness and patient comfort while reducing bio-waste.

Primo-Lacto: A closed system for colostrum collection

For mothers of premature or medically fragile newborns, collecting colostrum, the first nutrient- and antibody-rich milk produced after birth, can be incredibly difficult.

Pediatric Personal Electronic Response System

According to FBI data, an estimated 460,000 children are reported missing every year in the United States, which includes children lost in stores and malls.

Personal Electronic Response Systems (PERS)

A way to personalize electronic response systems for individuals who feel stigmatized by designs that unintentionally make them feel old, unattractive, or dependent, to improve user confidence and adoption rates.