Steadiwear is a startup on a mission to develop a glove that stabilizes essential tremors in those suffering from Parkinson’s disease. Just as I joined, Steadiwear was receiving manufacturing samples for their first production run. I was tasked with designing the concept for a flexible housing.

The housing required an ability to protect fingers and clothing from moving components, both when the components were extended and compressed. In addition, the design had to appeal to a sense of fashion. We chose silicone as the main material and worked with flexible 3D prints to test different patterns of cutaways that facilitated lateral stretching and compressing. I used SolidWorks and iterated several versions until the right pattern was achieved.