• WE HELP COMPANIES
    MAKE PRODUCTS PEOPLE LOVE

    RESEARCH, DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT FOR MEDICAL DEVICES & CONSUMER PRODUCTS

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  • USABILITY RESEARCH

    HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING • REGULATORY STUDIES • PROTOCOLS AND REPORTING • USABILITY RESEARCH

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  • INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

    SOLID INSIGHTS GIVE BIRTH TO CREATIVE CONCEPTS THAT WE TURN INTO METICULOUSLY EFFICIENT INNOVATIONS

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  • CONNECTING A DIGITAL WORLD

    ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING • SYSTEMS ENGINEERING • FIRMWARE DEVELOPMENT • SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

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  • STARTUPS. WE KNOW WHAT YOU NEED

    LEAN CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT, PROTOTYPING, TESTING, FOR LOW RUN PRODUCTION

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OUR CLIENTS INCLUDE:

The logo features the words "rapid diagnostek" in bold, gray lowercase letters, highlighting the brand's focus on Product Design, with a curved line of small gray dots above the "i" in "rapid" and the "a" in "diagnostek.
The Antares Pharma logo features a stylized geometric arrow with a circle underneath, next to the words "antares pharma" in lowercase grey letters, reflecting the company’s focus on product development on a light background.
Boston Scientific logo in gray text on a light background, reflecting excellence in Product Research and Development.
Logo for CEGA Innovations featuring a rounded square symbol to the left of the words "CEGA INNOVATIONS" in a sleek, modern gray font, reflecting their focus on product research and design development on a light background.
NxTHERA logo in gray text on a light background, with three wavy lines under the "x" representing a stylized design element inspired by innovation in product research and development.
The image shows the AtriCure logo with the company name in gray letters on a light background. Reflecting thoughtful product design, the "C" in "Cure" is uniquely stylized with a dot at its center.
The image shows the word "Medtronic" written in a modern, gray font on a light background, reflecting the brand’s focus on innovative product development.
Coloplast logo with a grey circular emblem featuring horizontal lines above a curved shape, symbolizing design development, next to the word "Coloplast" in bold grey letters on a light background.
Mayo Clinic logo featuring the words "Mayo Clinic" in uppercase letters next to three overlapping shield outlines, symbolizing innovation in Product Research and Product Development.
Gray University of Minnesota logo featuring a large block "M" above the words "University of Minnesota" in capital letters on a light background, symbolizing innovation in Product Development and Design.
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DRIVE USER ADOPTION

with a robust and compliant development process

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GAIN COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

by becoming a leader in your space

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MAKE PRODUCTS PEOPLE LOVE

with a team that cares as much as you

Great ideas need users that become as excited about your product as you are.

The only way to get users to love your device is to meet their needs and to do that you have to know what those needs are, and solve their problems. High user adoption comes from good usability research and human factors engineering that informs medical product design and leads to innovation that wins in the marketplace.

The Latest From the Lab

Link to: PROSTATE BPH TREATMENT DEVICE

Prostate BPH Treatment Device

A handheld medical device, refined through Product Research, with a long silver shaft, black and gray handle, blue trigger, and yellow tip—designed for minimally invasive surgical procedures and shown on a white background.
Link to: VETERINARY MICROSCOPE DESIGN: ZOMEDICA

Veterinary Microscope Design: Zomedica

A close-up view of a touchscreen medical device with a green and white casing, labeled "Zomedica TRUFORMA," designed for veterinary diagnostic testing, showcasing thoughtful design and advanced development.
Link to: COLOPLAST: UROLOGICAL MEDICAL DEVICE

Coloplast: Urological Medical Device

A white and blue medical device, crafted through careful Product Research and Design, features a curved metal shaft and a round blue button at one end, lying on a light blue background.
Link to: OCTANE FITNESS

Octane Fitness

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Link to: NONIN MEDICAL

Nonin Medical

A portable medical device by Nonin featuring thoughtful product design, with a touchscreen showing oxygen saturation, pulse rate, and COHb levels—connected via cable to a finger sensor and compact module.
Link to: MEDTRONIC

Medtronic

A Medtronic medical device with a large touchscreen display showcasing system settings. Its sleek, white and gray product design stands upright on the floor, combining advanced technology with modern aesthetics.

“The enthusiasm and expertise the Kablooe team had took our project to the next level and it worked on the first try!  We were very pleased with the outcome.  I would recommend them to an early stage company, like ours, looking to make a working prototype.”

– Dr. Swarna Balasubramaniam, Noleus Medical

“Kablooe guided us through every step of their D3 process to create an end product that resulted in success for us all.”

– Stacy Richardsen, Assistant to the Regional Product Quality Assurance Manager

“We worked with Kablooe Design on multiple products. Kablooe team brings great design ideas, models, implements, tests and takes them to production in the most professional way.”

– Vladimir Kelman, Kwikbit

“I’ve worked with Kablooe on a number of med device R&D projects over the years. They’ve always been responsive, thoughtful and innovative in their efforts. I recently worked with the Kablooe team on a year-long effort to provide a common knowledge base of the Design Driven Development process to a young and newly formed organization located at four sites across the US. Kablooe customized their training program for our needs, and hosted monthly video-link Lunch & Learn sessions. This culminated with 24-hour on site, design sprint to put these learnings in to practice. The result was tectonic shift in the corporate innovation culture and a sustained 5-fold increase in number of patent disclosures.”

– David Francischelli, AtriCure

“It has been a great delight to work with Kablooe. Everyone is highly knowledgeable about the design and fabrication and testing, highly cooperative, and very inventive. Everything comes within budget and on time. I highly recommend working with this firm, if you are in the medical device arena.”

– Vartan Ghazarossian, StepWise Medical

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Innovation drives everything we do. User adoption shapes every decision. Marketplace success defines the outcomes we deliver for our clients. Improving lives is not just our mission—it is our standard.

Kablooe Design is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, one of the nation’s leading medical device development hubs. Ranked third behind only Silicon Valley and Boston, the Twin Cities region is home to a dense concentration of medical device startups, established firms, and Fortune 500 industry leaders, as well as the country’s largest medical device conference at the University of Minnesota.

As the birthplace of the pacemaker and defibrillator, Minneapolis has a deep legacy of medical innovation. For more than 35+ years, Kablooe Design has helped carry that legacy forward, partnering with medical device companies to turn complex ideas into intuitive, human-centered solutions. Through disciplined human factors engineering and a proven development process, we help clients move efficiently from concept to adoption—designing devices meant to be used, trusted, and embraced in the real world.

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