TY - GEN
T1 - Conceptual design of antifungal and antibacterial herbal ear hygiene product
AU - Hardhi, Matthew
AU - Delfina,
AU - Ekadewi, Putty
AU - Widyati, Retno
AU - Muharam, Yuswan
AU - Purwanto, Widodo Wahyu
AU - Tristantini, Dewi
AU - Gozan, Misri
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Author(s).
PY - 2021/3/23
Y1 - 2021/3/23
N2 - Maintaining good ear hygiene is important, yet currently available ear cleaning products such as cotton buds and ear scoop might lead to internal ear injury when improperly used. This study examines the market competitiveness of a conceptual ear hygiene product based on analyzing consumer needs. This new ear hygiene product is expected to be able to clean the ear properly without exposing users to unnecessary risks, satisfy consumer needs, as well as giving added value in the form of antimicrobial properties. Consumer needs identification and reception toward the product concept were determined through online surveys to 218 respondents. Forty-eight different potential user needs were collected from survey results, which were then transformed into product specifications using the appropriate metrics. A feasibility matrix was made to compare 155 different concepts generated from mind-mapping and brainstorming processes, which results in 13 final product concepts. Further screening stages and benchmarking were applied to select the final product concept. The final concept is a topical, herbal ear hygiene product with antibacterial, antifungal, and earwax solubilization properties with micelle-based solvent in spray form. The active compound of this product is the essential oil of clove oil, also known as eugenol. The testing of the final product concept pointed towards the positive for consumer acceptance.
AB - Maintaining good ear hygiene is important, yet currently available ear cleaning products such as cotton buds and ear scoop might lead to internal ear injury when improperly used. This study examines the market competitiveness of a conceptual ear hygiene product based on analyzing consumer needs. This new ear hygiene product is expected to be able to clean the ear properly without exposing users to unnecessary risks, satisfy consumer needs, as well as giving added value in the form of antimicrobial properties. Consumer needs identification and reception toward the product concept were determined through online surveys to 218 respondents. Forty-eight different potential user needs were collected from survey results, which were then transformed into product specifications using the appropriate metrics. A feasibility matrix was made to compare 155 different concepts generated from mind-mapping and brainstorming processes, which results in 13 final product concepts. Further screening stages and benchmarking were applied to select the final product concept. The final concept is a topical, herbal ear hygiene product with antibacterial, antifungal, and earwax solubilization properties with micelle-based solvent in spray form. The active compound of this product is the essential oil of clove oil, also known as eugenol. The testing of the final product concept pointed towards the positive for consumer acceptance.
KW - Antibacterial
KW - Antifungal
KW - Conceptual Product Design
KW - Ear Hygiene
KW - Eugenol
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U2 - 10.1063/5.0047190
DO - 10.1063/5.0047190
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85103476737
T3 - AIP Conference Proceedings
BT - 5th Biomedical Engineering''s Recent Progress in Biomaterials, Drugs Development, and Medical Devices
A2 - Lischer, Kenny
A2 - Supriadi, Sugeng
A2 - Rahman, Siti Fauziyah
A2 - Whulanza, Yudan
PB - American Institute of Physics Inc.
T2 - 5th International Symposium of Biomedical Engineering, ISBE 2020
Y2 - 28 July 2020 through 29 July 2020
ER -