KARE MCM

KARE MCM(Korea Aid for Respiratory Epidemic: Mobile Clinic Module) is Mobile & Expandable Negative Pressure Ward for Infectitous Disease Outbreak, that can be effectively transported, built, and stored ina short period of time.

About

Objectives

KARE MCM is a mobile expandable negative pressure ward equipped with advanced medical facilities. With its rapid installation, it can supply functional and economical medical facility. It also provides ease of use and emotional satisfaction to medical staff and patients.

  • 01

    Self-Inclusiveness

    New modular negative pressure ward system

  • 02

    Scalability

    Enables building, effectively transporting, and storing medical environments

  • 03

    Flexibility

    Available as a multi-purpose space

About

Product

KARE MCM's modular negative pressure ward system that enables building, effectively transporting, and storing medical environments for moderate to severe patients in a short time.

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System & Interface

For Medical Staffs

Control display helps informing medical staff of emergency situations such as negative pressure errors. In order to read the error from a distance, high contrast colors are used. Through the highly visible display, medical staff can quickly know and respond to emergencies.

For Patients

Control display helps informing medical staff of emergency situations such as negative pressure errors. In order to read the error from a distance, high contrast colors are used. Through the highly visible display, medical staff can quickly know and respond to emergencies.

Monitoring System

Control display helps informing medical staff of emergency situations such as negative pressure errors. In order to read the error from a distance, high contrast colors are used. Through the highly visible display, medical staff can quickly know and respond to emergencies.

VR Experience Site

Through the virtual tour, digital visitors can explore the interior of four MCM designs. Each virtual ward represents its comprehensive optical features ranging from an overall indoor view to detailed medical devices and toilet structure. Click on the photo to go to the virtual tour site.

MCM Planner

MCM PLANNER is a web application that supports private or public medical institutions that want to purchase and use mobile clinic module (MCM). People can plan MCM customized to their environment by placing all modules in a virtual space.

MCM Sensnet

This is the MCM SENSNET integrated system site that simulates KAIST MCM or monitors and
controls the actual installed center.

MCM Sensnet : Map View

You can check the negative pressure isolation room(NPIR) installed by permission type.
You can control or change the negative pressure isolation status,
the name of NPIR, and the negative pressure isolation frame status.

MCM Sensnet : Massage

You can check and edit messages received in real-time by the medical staff
who manage patients in the NPIR at the site.

MCM Sensnet : Log Management

Administrative users can manage or
check the occurrence of errors in the NPIR.

News&Press

Promotional Video

KARE MCM's modular negative pressure ward system that enables building, effectively transporting, and storing medical environments for moderate to severe patients in a short time.

News&Press

Press Releases

When a pandemic hits, KAIST's MCM can help, and fast A giant, white-and-translucent Quonset-shaped structure sits beside the austere, red-brick Korea Institute of Radiological & Medical Sciences (Kirams) in Nowon District, northern Seoul. It’s utterly sci-fi in form, and to a certain degree in function.
koreajoongangdaily ・ 2021-02-15
S.Korea unveils inflatable isolation ward for COVID-19 patients SEOUL, Jan 8 (Reuters) - South Korean researchers say they have designed an inflatable "negative pressure" ward for isolating and treating patients with infectious diseases like COVID-19, after the pandemic exposed shortages of such beds around the world.
reuters ・ 2021-01-08
가뿐하고 아늑하다... 카이스트 이동식 음압병동 'KARE MCM' 따뜻한 색의 간접 조명, 깔끔한 화이트 톤 실내, 일관된 패턴을 입은 창문… 아늑한 집이나 호텔 객실을 연상하게 하는 이곳은 카이스트KAIST 산업디자인학과 남택진 교수 연구팀이 개발해 지난 1월 7일 공개한 이동형 음압병동 'KARE MCM'의 내부다. 지난 12월 28일부터 서울 노원구 한국원자력의학원 앞에 설치된 거대한 흰색 튜브. 카이스트 코로나 대응 과학기술 뉴딜사업단 ...
Naver Design Press ・ 2021-01-19
Inflatable ICU: South Korea’s Answer to Potential Covid-19 Bed Shortages WSJ VIDEO ・ 2021-02-16
WSJ VIDEO 2021-02-16
"나흘이면 완성"…이동식 음압병동 '뚝딱' (2021.01.07/뉴스데스크/MBC) MBCNEWS ・ 2021-01-07
MBCNEWS 2021-01-07
[사이언스 취재파일] 어디나 5일이면 뚝딱…코로나19 중환자용 이동형 음압 병동 개발 / YTN 사이언스 YTN 사이... ・ 2021-01-07
YTN 사이... 2021-01-07
[COVID-19 PANDEMIC] DEPLOYABLE FIELD HOSPTALS FOR COVID-19 Arirang Is... ・ 2021-01-25
Arirang Is... 2021-01-25
건양대병원 응급실에 '조립식 모듈형 음압병실' 의협신문 ・ 2021-09-07
의협신문 2021-09-07

Contact

KARE MCM Team

  • 01

    Design and Project Supervision

    Professor Tek-Jin Nam’s Team, Department of Industrial Design, KAIST

  • 02

    UI/UX research

    Professor Moon-hwan Lee & Han-jong Kim’s Team, Department of Design Engineering, Korea Polytechnic University

  • 03

    User research

    Professor Sang-su Lee’s Team, Department of Industrial Design, KAIST

  • 04

    Visual information design & Branding

    Professor Hyeon-jeong Seok’s Team, Department of Industrial Design, KAIST

  • 05

    Concept & Branding

    Professor Sang-min Bae’s Team, Department of Industrial Design, KAIST

  • 06

    Prior research, Screening clinic module, Web service development

    Professor Moon-hwan Lee & Han-jong Kim’s Team, Department of Design Engineering, Korea Polytechnic University

  • 07

    Product design for emotional care

    Professor Cha-joong Kim & Young-woo Park’s Team, School of Design, UNIST

  • 08

    Medical advice for infectious diseases

    Korea Institute of Radiological Medical Sciences