Olga Podoba Eoghan Spain Design Engineer R&D manager Ireland Ireland
Presentation Overview Product Development – Sublime as an example Customer feedback – You!
Where we get our feedback from? Trulife U.S ~ Territory managers across the United States Trulife U.K ~ sales team and clinical fitters Trulife International ~ International Key Account Manager Clinical Education Manager ~ Fitting panel
Development of Sublime Brief: to create a product with drape and movement similar to natural breast tissue.
Concept Development Challenge: Combing very different silicone technologies All silicone product Lightweight silicones Traditional BPs (Impressions) (Harmony Silk) (Bella)
Concept Development Solution: Dual silicones: soft core micropore back
Back Design
Fan shape Air circulation Structure Comfort
testing initial development using mannequin Fit and wear trials in the USA / Ire / UK 100 women tested our product Durability: Repetitive life cycle testing / daily use Environmental testing: high/low temp, altitude
Material Development Material testing Silicone formulations
Mould Development Engineered precision parts to form and manufacture a dual silicone product
Process Development Dispensing equipment Production line
Final Product
Potential New Product ideas that you believe would sell well in your market? • SUBLIME in other shape- Flex? Sublime in Average to FULL profile • BodiCool Wave in Flex shape • Silicone breast form for swimming, which is as natural in the water as style 630 • Silicone partial form to be used together with asymmetric breast form for compensation of tissue deficiency in the armpit
Potential New Product ideas that you believe would sell well in your market? • Products for reconstruction such as nipple • Smaller or thinner size breast forms • Develop a BP , unique to Trulife. This will create interest in Trulife
FEEDBACK IS ALWAYS WELCOME!
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