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1. Protein Drug Delivery System Team Members:
Austin Ramme- Team Leader
Michael Haggerty- BSAC
Andrew Neumann- BWIG
Sarajane Stevens- Team Leader-IT
Becky Koszalinski- BSAC-IT
Christopher Westphal- BWIG-IT
2. Presentation Outline Problem Statement
Background Information
Current Devices
Research Competition
Design Constraints
Alternative Designs
Future Work
3. Problem Statement Client: Michael J. MacDonald, MD
Diabetes Type I
Protein Drug Delivery System
Inexpensive
Constant Injection Rate
Disposable
4. Background Information Diabetes Type I
Immune system
Glucose level in the blood
Juvenile onset diabetes
Injections/Pumps
5. Background Information Insulin
Protein-based drug
Onset, peaktime, duration
5 to 10 units/day
Unit = 0.01 mL
Protein Drugs
Skin, ingestion, injection
Injection sites
6. Current Devices: Insulin Pumps Insulin syringe (3)
Battery operated pump (2)
Computer controlled
Infusion set (1)
Tube
Needle (soft or metal)
Very expensive ($5,000 – $7,500)
7. Research Competition Professor Beebe
Hydrogels
Stimuli cause expansion in gel
Currently toxic
Non-linear expansion
Wound-dressings
Easy to mold
8. Suggested Materials Metering Valves
Controls flow
Chromatography
NanoMuscles
Contract like human muscle
Rotational or linear motion
Expandable Materials
9. Design Constraints Inexpensive
Disposable
Sterile
Constant flow
8-24 hour delivery time
Scaled up prototype
10. Design I: Constant Pressure Device Disk shaped reservoir (60mm diameter)
Spring applies constant pressure
Metering valve controls flow rate
11. Design I: Advantages & Disadvantages Advantages
Compact
Flexible
Cost efficient Disadvantages
Awkward
Health risks
Advanced technology
12. Design II: Bulb Gravity Box Ten scale
Two chamber
Separation membrane
Uses gravity
Air pressure
Adhesive
13. Advantages
Easy filling
Inexpensive materials
Constant flow rate
14. Design III: NanoMuscle-Monstrosity (NMM) Batteries in series
NanoMuscle
Syringe
Wire-Needle
Flesh colored tube
Adhesive undercoating
15. Design III: Advantages & Disadvantages Advantages
Refilling procedure
Materials
NanoMuscles
Disadvantages
NanoMuscles
Shape/Size
16. Future Work Flow rate and pressure calculations
NanoMuscle research
Metering valve search
Constructing prototype
Test prototype
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18. Questions?