Free 1:1 Health & Wellbeing Product Development Consultations

Location: Online or in person
Duration: 1 hour
Cost: Free

About the Session

Are you a West Yorkshire-based innovator, start-up, or SME (≤50 employees) working on a health or wellbeing product or service?

Book a free 1-hour consultation with Dr James Allen to explore how HHII can support your product development journey - from early concept to working prototype.

What you’ll gain

• Work with expert product designers and health innovation specialists
• Access professional prototyping tools, materials and facilities in our dedicated health innovation makerspace
• Connect with academics, clinicians and healthcare innovators from the University of Huddersfield and NHS networks
• Join the region’s only health-specific makerspace offer

What’s included

Here’s how we can support you:

Research & validation

• Academic and technical input
• Market and project validation
• Ergonomic and anthropometric review
• Healthcare trend analysis and systems mapping

Product & service development

• 2D/3D design support
• Low to high fidelity prototyping
• Access to electronics, textiles, and digital tools
• VR/AR, photogrammetry and service blueprinting

Testing & evaluation

• Form and function testing
• Real-time data capture and visualisation
• Simulated healthcare environments

All sessions include access to our state-of-the-art makerspace, featuring tools for electronics, textiles, VR/AR, ergonomic evaluation, and more.

Eligibility

To qualify for this free support, you must:

• Be based in West Yorkshire
• Be an innovator, start-up, or SME (≤50 employees)
• Be working in health & wellbeing

Important Information

• Only one session per person/company
• Projects are reviewed case-by-case
• We can only support physical product development (no AI, app, or web development)
• Intellectual Property (IP) remains with you
• This is not a business advice session

For more information about health and wellbeing business support, head here.

https://huddshealthinnovation.org/

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