Launching a Human-Centered Digital Health Solution for CPPS Care
Industries
Healthcare
Digital Health
AI-Assisted Care
Tech & TOOLS
UI, Prototypes, Figma
Teams & Services
Product Strategy, UX/UI Design, Healthtech Research
milestones
Loka x Stanford Innovators Award, Clickable Prototype Delivered in 4 weeks
Industry
Healthcare
Digital Health
AI-Assisted Care
Tech & TOOLS
UI, Prototypes, Figma
Teams & Services
Product Strategy, UX/UI Design, Healthtech Research
milestones
Loka x Stanford Innovators Award, Clickable Prototype Delivered in 4 weeks
Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome affects up to 1 in 6 men worldwide, yet it remains underdiagnosed and misunderstood.
The challenge
Men living with CPPS face fragmented treatment, limited access to specialized care, and a lack of digital resources that address both the physical and emotional sides of recovery. Patients can spend months, sometimes years, searching for the right care and the right answers. For many, the impact goes far beyond physical pain, affecting confidence, relationships, and daily life. And too often, they navigate it in silence.
The goal
To create a digital platform that improves care for men living with CPPS by empowering both patients and physical therapists through seamless, personalized tools for tracking, treatment, and communication.
Building on extensive user research led by Stanford’s healthcare team, which included physical therapists working directly with men living with CPPS, the design process focused on translating those clinical insights into a practical, human-centered experience addressing both clinical and emotional needs. This close collaboration through Loka’s Design Sprint guided every decision, ensuring the solution effectively supported patients and providers throughout recovery.
The Solution: Empowering Patients to Take Control of their Recovery
A mobile app designed to support men with CPPS by helping them follow a personalized treatment plan, log symptoms, and track their progress over time.
Created through close collaboration with healthcare professionals, Onyx merges clinical research and expertise with real patient insights to ensure every recommendation reflects actionable and efficient steps to recovery.
The Solution:
A Provider Platform For Connected, Continuous Care
A web app that enables Physical Therapists to manage all their patients, assign tailored exercises, and monitor progress, all in one place.
Connected directly to the patient app with real-time visibility into progress and recovery trends, helping providers adjust plans based on data and engagement, streamline communication, save time and create consistency across every stage of care.
From Award to Collaboration Turning Vision Into Design
Onyx is the first recipient of the Loka Innovators Award, an initiative between Stanford Mussalem Center for Biodesign and Loka to accelerate the development of groundbreaking digital health solutions.
Onyx stood out for addressing a pressing unmet need in digital health. To bring their vision to life, Onyx joined forces with Loka’s Design and ML teams for an intensive four-week Design Sprint, transforming concept into a real, clickable prototype.
We learned so much from the Loka team and were able to truly take our idea to a real product. The whole experience was just incredible because they walked us through the step-by-step of what it really means to create a product that is genuinely a meaningful experience for patients.
The results
A functional prototype that empowers physical therapists to deliver more consistent, effective care and helps men with CPPS stay engaged, informed, and supported throughout their recovery.
Two connected platforms created: one for Physical Therapists, one for patients, building the foundation for a complete care ecosystem.
One week of intensive in-person design sprint sessions at Stanford, part of a four-week collaboration, helped transform research insights into tangible product design.
Onyx evolved from a student concept to a fully designed digital health prototype through the Loka Innovators Award collaboration.
Participants reported that in-person collaboration between Loka and Stanford was key to the project’s creativity, clarity, and impact.
Onyx’s Timeline to Prototype Delivery
Team Simplexity wins the 1st Loka Innovators Award.
Project prep and goal alignment.
Stanford In-Person Design Sprint: Understand, Define, Ideate.
Insights synthesis and prototype development.
Prototype delivery and presentation.
