Research

Industrial design practice and product development; rehabilitation and ambulatory assistive devices, medical products manufacturing, prototyping; computer aided design applications; patent expert witness.

Application

Product design and development of new products; rollators and other ambulatory assistive devices; plastic part design and manufacturing; expert witness patent litigation.

Activities

• Smart Rollator Project
• Book on prototyping methods
• Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Device Technology Association
• Royal Ontario Museum of Art, DX Design Exchange, “Circa 1955/2005 Half a century of Canadian design”, currently displayed at terminal 1 of Toronto Pearson International Airport. The award winning “Filterstream vacuum” is featured in this mix of Canadian domestic appliances
• Echo-Vue Project

Conference Publications

Bjarki Hallgrimsson, “Qualitative Prototyping as a Process of Innovation for Ambulatory Assistive Devices,” RESNA (Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Device Technology Association), Jul 2008 (publication pending).
Note: Paper accepted for poster presentation and inclusion in proceedings

Bjarki Hallgrimsson, “A Model for Every Purpose: A Study on Traditional Versus Digital Model Making Methods for Industrial Designers,” IDSA, Sep 2008 (publication pending).

B. Hallgrimsson, A. Chan, and J. Budd, “The Smart Rollator Project,” IDSA, Sep 2008.
Patents

Jack Brass, Bjarki Hallgrimsson, Gregory McEwen (2005), “Manual Liquid Metering Device and Cartridge,” Canadian patent #2513625.

Ross Cowei, Bjarki Hallgrimsson (2005), “Mobility Aiding Device,” Canadian patent #2492392.