Senior Capstone Project - Affordable Insulin Pump
Background
Individuals with Type I diabetes need to maintain their blood sugar at a consistent level to maintain a healthy lifestyle. One of the ways they do that is with an Insulin Pump. However, most insulin pumps on the market are expensive. Even with health insurance, it can cost several hundreds of dollars to purchase an insulin pump. Our aim is to reduce the cost of an insulin pump by developing an assembly kit that can be customized by the user. The benefit is that any part that breaks can easily be replaced, without the cost of replacing the entire pump.
Objectives
Design Features
Future Improvements
Conclusion
The Affordable Insulin Pump does safely and accurately deliver insulin to the customer to control their blood sugar. The Affordable Insulin Pump would only cost the customer $250, which means it is meets the specification for affordability. The casing was too large and the battery dies quickly. So, customizing the LCD screen and microcontroller would reduce the size and allow a smaller battery.
Individuals with Type I diabetes need to maintain their blood sugar at a consistent level to maintain a healthy lifestyle. One of the ways they do that is with an Insulin Pump. However, most insulin pumps on the market are expensive. Even with health insurance, it can cost several hundreds of dollars to purchase an insulin pump. Our aim is to reduce the cost of an insulin pump by developing an assembly kit that can be customized by the user. The benefit is that any part that breaks can easily be replaced, without the cost of replacing the entire pump.
Objectives
- Construct a model for less than $500
- Deliver the insulin within a margin of error of 2.0%
- Design a intuitive user interface for controllability
- Design a customizable system for user satisfaction
Design Features
- Customizable Parts and Case
- Programmable Features
- Replace Parts if they break
- Interactive and Intuitive LCD Screen and Button Control
- Sensors for Accuracy/Error
Future Improvements
- Improve battery life
- Make customized microcontroller
- Use less battery life
- Exactly what we need and nothing extra
- Reduce Size
- Customize LCD
- Customizable Silicone Cover
- Water Proofing
- Reduce damage if dropped
Conclusion
The Affordable Insulin Pump does safely and accurately deliver insulin to the customer to control their blood sugar. The Affordable Insulin Pump would only cost the customer $250, which means it is meets the specification for affordability. The casing was too large and the battery dies quickly. So, customizing the LCD screen and microcontroller would reduce the size and allow a smaller battery.
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