Chris Poche

Industrial Design, 2016

The Caire Safety Syringe was developed to protect healthcare workers from sharps injuries. With ~600,000 occurring in the U.S. annually, the threat of needle pricks and contraction of a bloodborne illness such as HIV or Hepatitis B/C present a huge risk to those working with and around these implements every day.

This product aims to reduce that risk further, with automatic needle retraction upon release of the device.

Caire provides safety where most other syringes fail, during the short window after the cap has been removed and the shots administration. While some alternatives immediately retract after full depression of the plunger, they leave the user at risk when there is a combative patient, the syringe is dropped or if it isn’t immediately disposed of in a sharps container. With the Caire, all you have to do is let it go and you’re protected from harm.

From a young age Chris Poche was an observer, constantly interested in taking in the world. Driven by a yearning to understand how things works would eventually led him to pursue industrial design. In his time at Ohio State he’s enjoyed the exploration of the design process, especially finding comfort in CAD modelling and ideation. Chris’ goal in life is to simply improve the world around us, through problem solving and creative solutions.