Project number
25052
Organization
Roy Medina - Project Sponsor
Offering
ENGR498-F2024-S2025
Many patients need to spend a long time in hospital beds. However, the friction and pressure of long-term bed rest can cause discomfort and further injury to severely burned or injured patients. Suspending a patient in fluid could potentially eliminate these issues and facilitate healing with the right mixture of medications. In this first-year project, the team demonstrated a half-scale model to show how some parts of the system will work in a fully realized system.
This project relied on biomedical, mechanical, electrical, materials and hydraulic engineering. All of these disciplines came together to create a completely original suspension tank. The tank includes temperature and pH sensors to monitor the state of the fluid. This ensures the comfort and safety of the patient and provides care for them in this sensitive state. The suspension tank operates on a rotating axis to allow for easy ingress and egress and to allow health care workers to monitor the patient’s recovery. It is also equipped with a waste-evacuation system that senses and removes human waste. The results of the half-scale model show promise and display the potential for future teams to build a full-scale solution.
This project relied on biomedical, mechanical, electrical, materials and hydraulic engineering. All of these disciplines came together to create a completely original suspension tank. The tank includes temperature and pH sensors to monitor the state of the fluid. This ensures the comfort and safety of the patient and provides care for them in this sensitive state. The suspension tank operates on a rotating axis to allow for easy ingress and egress and to allow health care workers to monitor the patient’s recovery. It is also equipped with a waste-evacuation system that senses and removes human waste. The results of the half-scale model show promise and display the potential for future teams to build a full-scale solution.