Nasal Cannula Update
After coming up with need areas, Leah, Debbie and I chose to focus on solving the poor fit of the nasal cannula in NICU babies of different sizes. We started off making need and want statements, visiting the NICU fellow Jameel, and sketching out preliminary ideas. Jameel who originally introduced both Debbie and I to this problem had proposed the solution of 3D printing a custom nasal cannula for each baby in need of one. However, we decided not to narrow ourselves to this solution and came up with many proposed solutions of own. From the sketches we made, we made low fidelity models out of bendy straws, pipe cleaners, tape, and mesh. These low fidelity models really aided in the visualization of our ideas. We have been working on building a prototype for our adjustable nasal cannula design. We are currently struggling with 3D printing, as we desire to print the piece so that it is flexible. We planed on using ninja flex filament to print our piece, but we have not yet gotten it to work.
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