Case Study: Sunrise Labs accelerates high-fidelity medical device prototyping with ProtoPie

How Sunrise Labs leverages ProtoPie to impress stakeholders with high-fidelity medical device prototypes

Sunrise Labs, a medical device consultancy, faced the high-stakes challenge of designing safe and effective software-powered medical equipment for a diverse range of users. Their primary hurdle was to ensure product-market fit and patient safety by identifying potential design issues early on, all while needing to move quickly and cost-effectively in a competitive space.

Using ProtoPie for high-fidelity prototyping, Sunrise Labs created interactive models of complex devices, including hardware-software integrations. This solution from ProtoPie allowed for rapid iteration, secure usability testing, and immersive client demonstrations, which helped secure investor buy-in. The results were highly effective; in one case, a robotic surgery GUI was built and refined under an aggressive eight-week deadline, leading to high satisfaction from key opinion leaders and the device now undergoing FDA approval. ProtoPie enabled Sunrise Labs to fail fast, build client trust, and deliver life-changing outcomes efficiently.

Sunrise Labs

Alex Therrien

Director of User-Centered Design