Attest Connect | Sterilization assurance device connected platform
Background
About
Conduct a visual brand refresh for a native PC application and web registration portal that supports two existing sterilization assurance medical devices. Improve the product information architecture and user experience to better support use of multiple types and numbers of medical devices simultaneously.
My role
User interface and Visual brand design | Led visual design auditing and updating to align this legacy product and new eBowie Dick digital modules to 3M’s digital brand design language.
User experience design | Responsible for user experience and information architecture updates to enhance the overall user experience within the bounds of technical debt limitations.
Product design team
3M’s Device Reprocessing Technical and Design Teams. Jeffrey Engel | Development and prototyping; Rob Bakalar | Project management; Sean Regan | Marketing; Matthew Zabel | Design Management.
Approach
Challenge
Design within the constraints of an existing PC-native XAML framework while preserving left-to-right layouts and form structures driven by legacy style-library technical debt. In parallel, the platform required alignment with 3M’s visual brand design language while maintaining established device-specific workflows, including separate windows for results, settings, and pop-ups. These constraints required recreating the style library at the component level without disrupting the current user experience.
Approach
Working closely with development, I audited the existing XAML framework and technical debt to clarify system limitations and define what changes were feasible. I paired this with a visual brand audit across the portfolio to establish clear branding targets. The audit revealed a critical usability gap, where visually inaccessible menus and input fields made adjusting device settings unclear and error-prone.
Auditing strategy
Challenge
The platform was built on a PC-native XAML framework with significant style-library technical debt, requiring adherence to existing left-to-right layouts and form patterns. At the same time, the product was one of two digital solutions still using legacy branding and needed to transition to 3M’s visual design language. Key limitations included the need to rebuild component styles individually and preserve device-specific windows and pop-ups for results and settings, limiting opportunities for structural change.
Approach
Relationship building with development stakeholders was a critical first step to ensure a smooth audit and effective handoff. I partnered closely with the engineering team to review the existing platform, using their walkthroughs and insights to ground the audit in technical reality. By creating space for developers to articulate what was working well and where they saw opportunities for improvement, we established shared context and trust. These conversations directly informed the audit and led to clear alignment on the current state and a shared vision for where the product needed to go.
High Impact Enhancements
Challenge
Delivering a high-impact visual refresh depended on aligning UX, information architecture, and style library updates within a constrained development environment. With limited engineering capacity, changes needed to be clearly defined and approved upfront to avoid downstream churn and ensure efficient implementation.
Approach
To enable a smooth visual refresh, securing alignment on UX changes was critical, particularly given a single development resource responsible for both style library updates and implementation. I structured the handoff to minimize rework by ensuring design files clearly supported style library creation while documenting all functional and layout changes. To protect timelines and avoid downstream churn, we front-loaded alignment through low-fidelity wireframes that captured all information architecture and UX updates. Once approved, final visual designs were produced and handed off for full screen implementation.
Outcomes
The result was a successful visual refresh that achieved brand alignment while meaningfully improving sterilizer technician workflow clarity and efficiency.
eBowie Dick | Sterilization assurance device
Background
About
Create a module to support the new eBowie Dick Medical Device upon the completion of the visual design refresh of the Attest Connect platform.
My role
User interface and Visual brand design | Led visual design auditing and updating to align this legacy product and new eBowie Dick digital modules to 3M’s digital brand design language.
User experience design | Responsible for user experience and information architecture for the new eBowie Dick medical device connected application module.
Product design team
3M’s Device Reprocessing Technical and Design Teams. Jeffrey Engel | Development and prototyping; Rob Bakalar | Project management; Sean Regan | Marketing; Matthew Zabel | Design Management; Michael Vostal | Industrial Design lead for eBowie Dick; Berenice Plessis | Industrial Design support for eBowie Dick.
Outcomes
Delivered updated product registration design language, new Attest Connect modules enabling device integration, and refined, brand-consistent lit iconography to improve clarity across the device experience.