Trine

Degree Project 2022

A patient-centered experience for people undergoing ovarian stimulation as part of their fertility treatment journey.

Assisted Reproduction relates to reproduction happening through various medical procedures. In Vitro Fertilization is one type of treatment that can be an option for couples with infertilitity, individuals or same-sex couples. In the beginning of the treatment, during ovarian stimulation, the person with ovaries need to self-inject different types of medications for several days to stimulate the ovaries to grow several eggs. Patients often feel overwhelmed with the amount of medications and information, a strict medication time schedule, cooling storage, and fear of having to self-inject.

Trine is a brand providing fertility medication kits. It aims to make this physical and emotional challenging experience more positive and welcoming by increasing support, confidence and ease-of-use. The Trine experience has three elements: a kit with the needed supplies for the treatment, the trine injector pens and a digital application.

Trine is one source for all the medications and information, provides a clear schedule, and it’s based on learning with peers and creating a community. When users receive the kit they get a welcome message with tips on how to go through the treatment. The packaging is discrete on the outside and when it is open gives a clear overview of what’s needed to take the medications.

Users can check the medication schedule and they also receive reminders to make sure they take their medications at the right time. They can learn the instructions through a video library with people that have actually been through the treatment, as well as connect to peers that are in a similar situation in the Trine community. The reusable pen injectors are color coded according to the medication reducing the number of new instructions to learn.

Kit items:
- Case with injectors
- Sharps container box
- Packaging for medication cartridges (cool storage)
- Box with needles
- Alcohol swabs

When physical and digital concepts work together, they can provide a unified source of information and medications for patients, resulting in a smoother experience. The kit is for the short protocol althought Trine could provide different kits for different protocols.

Rafaela Sandri Stillner

Master's Programme in Advanced Product Design
Ovarian Stimulation medications. Photo from an interview. Image:Umeå Institute of Design

Ovarian Stimulation medications. Photo from an interview.

Ovarian stimulation medication challenges. Image:Umeå Institute of Design

Ovarian stimulation medication challenges.

Trine kit welcome message. Image:Umeå Institute of Design

Trine kit welcome message.

Packaging of the Trine ovarian stimulation kit. Image:Umeå Institute of Design

Packaging of the Trine ovarian stimulation kit.

Case for storage and transport of medications. The three pens are color coded according to the type medication. Image:Umeå Institute of Design

Case for storage and transport of medications. The three pens are color coded according to the type medication.

Trine kit with case with the injector pens needed for the treatment, sharps container box, cartridges medication box, needles box and alcohol swabs. Image:Umeå Institute of Design

Trine kit with case with the injector pens needed for the treatment, sharps container box, cartridges medication box, needles box and alcohol swabs.

Patient injecting Follitropin. Image:Umeå Institute of Design

Patient injecting Follitropin.

Exploded view of different parts of the injector pen Image:Umeå Institute of Design

Exploded view of different parts of the injector pen.

Screens of Trine app Image:Umeå Institute of Design

Screens of Trine app.

Trine kit Image:Umeå Institute of Design

Trine kit

Trine app provides access to treatment calendar, stories and chat with peers. Image:Umeå Institute of Design

Trine app provides access to treatment calendar, stories and chat with peers.

Trine app 2 Image:Umeå Institute of Design

Trine app 2

Sketches & exploration, mockups and validations. Image:Umeå Institute of Design

Sketches & exploration, mockups and validations.