HoverTap™ MD
for Surgeons

Hovertap™ MD represents a significant advancement in touchless technology within the surgical field, offering a seamless and efficient way for surgeons to interact with monitors during critical procedures. From the project's inception, my focus was on creating an intuitive and user-friendly system that could be easily adopted, even when wearing surgical gloves.

Using a user-centered design approach, I began with low-fidelity prototyping to quickly test initial concepts and gather early-stage feedback. As the project progressed, we moved into mid and high-fidelity prototypes, refining interactions and ensuring that every gesture or command provided instant visual and haptic feedback.

Persona development was essential to understanding the unique needs of surgeons, allowing us to design with their workflows in mind. Through iterative design, we focused on reducing the cognitive load and minimizing clicks, ensuring that the system provided a smooth, accurate touchless experience.

Hovertap™ MD has evolved into a highly accessible solution, enabling surgeons to confidently interact with the system in a way that enhances efficiency and safety during surgeries. By integrating touchless gestures with real-time feedback, the system reduces the need for traditional scrubbing in and out, ensuring seamless navigation through complex surgical tasks.

Year
2019-Present

Target Audience
Surgeons + Hospitals

Please review some screenshots of the process from my work on this project. Permission has been obtained from the employer to share select design processes and projects in compliance with confidentiality agreements.

“With all the technology we deal with in the modern operating room, we have forgotten about best practices with respect to sterile fields and the presentation of information. In some cases I am trying to follow 8 monitors and control systems simultaneously! Too much information and too many distractions result in sub-optimal outcome. We need to change our culture and the way that we do things. Hovertap MD helps usher in a new era where as operators we are taking back our mental bandwidth so we can focus on the important job at hand…saving lives and improving the health of our patients.” - Dr. David Liu