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 splint would provide a portable method to stabilize a broken bone in the case of an emergency. It would provide the customer with convenience and an easy to use design. The adjustability of the splint would be very beneficial to each individual consumer because it could be adjusted to use a certain pressure in that area. It would also enable transportation of the injured person to a medical hospital with minimal movement of that broken area because the splint would immobilize it.
BME 100 Fall 2017
