Name of Product
The Seizure-Impact-Brace (SIB)
Designers
Alex Moyer- Chief Marketer
Austin Miller- Code master
Ryan Smith- Designer
Austin Miller- Code master
Ryan Smith- Designer
Target Consumers
People over the age of 50 that suffer from fall-inducing seizures. This population is more susceptible to damage if they fall and are more concerned with their health. That is why we will be mainly focusing on selling to these consumers.
Design Specifications
1. Consumer Needs
- Timely and functional protection that will activate before the user hits the ground, preferably within 1 second of error detection
- A functioning Heart Rate sensor that can sense an abnormality within .1 seconds
- Must not be uncomfortable to wear
- Justification for time http://www.greenharbor.com/fffolder/speedtime.pdf
- There are potential safety issues if the heart rate sensor doesn’t work right
- If the C02 canister misfires it can cause the device to prematurely inflate
- The C02 canister can explode in the users face if accidentally punctured
- C02 gas can cause frostbite when applied to the skin
- NEED to look at potential legal issues
- Must be able to detect heart rate consistently and accurately
- Must inflate and protect the person within 1 second in the event of a seizure
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1059131114000636
- The battery will need to be changed after a certain amount of time
- The “Airbag” will need to be changed after time
- No special tools
- Charging cable
- Based on our survey-
- 42.2% of people would pay 0 to 50$
- 37.3% of people would pay 50 to 100$
- Similar in size to portable airbag
- Is going to weigh approximately 2+ lbs
- JUSTIFICATIONS
- https://hovding.com/hovding3/tech-specs/
- Arduino heart rate sensor module-
- Vinyl pvc fabric (waterproof/airtight)- main material of product
- Servo motors and dc motors- activation of inflation module
- Compressed air canister/ aluminum- inflation
- Rubber tubing, expandable- Final inflator
- Sewing equipment/ superglue- bonding materials
- Watch batteries and adapters/holders- power
- Inflation mechanism/ puncturing tool- for accessing or puncturing the air canister
- Velcro- release material/ outer casing
- Fabric- outer material
- Range of colors and sizes
- Cushions on the bottom
- Must look nice and be something that they won’t be ashamed to wear
- Scarfs
- The product will need to be charged
- CO2 will need to be replaced
- The battery will need to be changed after a certain amount of time
- We will make more models with improvements
- Its reliability could possibly degrade over time and many uses
- Not to be used underwater
- Global Environment
- There is no production of harmful substances besides CO2
- The battery will need to be disposed of properly
- CO2 canister replacement and recycling
Individual Summary
Over the past 3 days my team and I have made extensive progress on our design. we worked extensively on our design specifications and even managed to come up with a name and some example logos. we made substantial progress on our design and are hoping to go into prototype production during the break. We overcame some challenges like disagreeing with format and necessities but we managed to sort it out.