Claire Dunne

219 Electronic wristband matches wearer to drugs An electronic wristband that can prevent medication errors by matching the wearer with their medicines has been designed by Claire Dunne, an industrial design and technology student at Brunel University, London ... more

Designed by Brunel University student Claire Dunne, the Brilliant Intelligent Wristband is designed to make sure that patients are given the right medicine, rather than the wrong stuff, by matching a memory chip on the drug container to it’s internal memory records of the patient.

Designed by Brunel University student Claire Dunne, the Brilliant Intelligent Wristband is designed to make sure that patients are given the right medicine, rather than the wrong stuff, by matching a memory chip on the drug container to it's internal memory records of the patient.

Brunel Industrial Design and Technology student, Claire Dunne, has designed a reusable intelligent identity wristband that should eliminate patients being given the incorrect medicine.

Called Brilliant, the wristband works by using a sensor to match medicines against the patient. Brilliant scans electronic tags built in to the medicines packaging - making sure it is of the correct type.

Claire believes by electronically matching the drugs to the patient, her system would prevent these situations and ensure that human error is dramatically reduced.

A Brunel University student, Claire Dunne, created a new invention called the "Brilliant" bracelet.

Claire Dunne's ‘Brilliant' uses electronic tagging to match the correct medicines with the correct patients

Brunel Industrial Design and Technology student, Claire Dunne, has designed a reusable intelligent identity wristband that should eliminate patients being given the incorrect medicine.
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Claire believes by electronically matching the drugs to the patient, her system would prevent these situations and ensure that human error is dramatically reduced.
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Claire developed her project at Brunel University and was able to carry out tests with staff at St. Anthony's Private Hospital in Surrey.Ward Sister Helen Groome comments:

,Claire,s design is a really practical use of electronic-tagging in medical equipment design.
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This year was no exception, but we felt that Claire,s design stood out as one which showed great innovation, coupled with a healthy dose of commercial reality,