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Patient Positioning Aid

Patient Positioning Aid. Eduardo Vargas, Mikhail Britan, Emmanuel Kordieh BME 440 September 30, 2005. Overview. Background on existing technology Customer specifications Our design Quality Function Deployment Diagram. Background. Environment = No Metal Foam, rubber, solidified gel

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Patient Positioning Aid

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  1. Patient Positioning Aid Eduardo Vargas, Mikhail Britan, Emmanuel Kordieh BME 440 September 30, 2005

  2. Overview • Background on existing technology • Customer specifications • Our design • Quality Function Deployment Diagram

  3. Background • Environment = No Metal • Foam, rubber, solidified gel • Existing technology • Very basic; not specific to individual users.

  4. Customer Specifications • Hospital / Clinical Facility • Bruce • Renal failure, manual wheelchair • Joan • Heart failure, old, weak, hard of hearing • Lloyd • Type II Diabetes, overweight • Sophia • On heparin, limited right arm function, uses a cane • Arnold • Parkinson’s, Diabetes, suffers from slight to moderate tremors • Dave • Limited use to right arm and leg, may use a scooter.

  5. Our Design • Bed-topper matress • Initially filled with air • Patient lays down • Beads contour body • Deflation • Contour stays as a solid entity • Clinician allows air back into the system • Ready for the next patient

  6. QFD Diagram

  7. Fin Any questions?

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