BME100 f2017:Group11 W0800 L2

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OUR TEAM Name: Alexa Ng Name: Connor Leiken Name: Mauro Robles Name: Braeden Malotky Name: Your name Name: Your name LAB 2 WRITE-UP Device Image and Description Technical and Clinical Feasibility Technical Feasibility In order to create our product, we must use existing technologies that will allow us to design an expandable yet capable of hardening splint. Our main challenge will be finding the right material for our splint. Also, we must figure out to inflate our splint and have it pressurize correctly. We could use the technology employed in life vests for the inflation, but from there we must figure out how to ensure that the device will inflate enough to be effective. Some problems we could have are we may not be able to inflate our device correctly depending on what materials we use, there could be potential rupture points along the splint, the device could be expensive since it will be more advanced than other splints, Clinical Feasibility In our clinical trials, we will have to simulate broken bones in dummies and see whether our splint correctly immobilizes and sets the bone. Some clinical risks we could have are the splint could not set the bone properly, the splint could cut off circulation in the limb, or the splint could not immobilize the limb correctly. Also, since we are working on dummies we will be unsure whether the splint is causing pain or not. We could later move onto human subjects, but they would have to come with a unset, broken bone because it would be unethical for us to break their bones. Market Analysis Value Creation Our design will have several key features that distinguish it from previous iterations that can be found online: multiple uses (decreased probability of failure during use), compactibility for storage in first aid kits, immobilization on any appendage of the body, and temporary immobilization on-demand. With these, we aim to create a device that will serve all these purposes and provide for a variety of scenarios, specifically catering to being a staple within first aid kits for hiking, sports, and with orthopedic doctors. Other designs currently are, according to reviews, only able to be used once or twice, initially stored tightly but cannot be repackaged, catered to only one region of the body, and are not sturdy enough to walk on for extended periods of time. Through careful use of a mix of materials instead of a single large chamber, we hope to improve patient outcomes through our design. Manufacturing Cost The manufacturing cost would most likely be a higher price because of the fact we are trying to make our splint better than those already in production. The ideal situation would be that we could produce a solution that is low in cost to produce so it could be widely distributed to those in need without having to worry about affordability. An inflatable splint that is currently available is $24.50 to fit a full arm. Our splint would ideally be able to fit around different body parts, so that would also increase the manufacturing cost. Sales Price Market Size Fundability Discussion