My internship at 3SD is complete. I’m not sure that I can even express how valuable my experience this summer was. I can only hope that my posts have given you an idea of what these 8 weeks have been like. I’ve gotten a view into the product engineering...
Last week was my final week working at Third Stone Design. I really cannot believe it’s already over. It feels like I was just learning about the bCPAP a few days ago… What’s even more unbelievable is the amount of work I was able to be involved in...
Sorry for the slow in updates! Recently I’ve been working with the new intern, Graham, on a few projects at 3SD. Most importantly, I’ve been catching him up to speed on all the procedures for maintaining and working with the Pumani units. We received the 3...
After working a bit with the clip concept, I decided to play with the idea of using a wire piece instead. I really believe that solutions are often simpler than we think, and the simpler solutions are often the better ones. Therefore, my goal was to design a part that...
As I’d mentioned before, I spent some time last week drafting up some sketch concepts for a new Pumani headset attachment. I decided to pursue two different options: a simple clip part (that does not require any additional parts ie. spring, snap etc) and a ultra...
This week, Robert introduced a project to me that I had actually been exposed to briefly in the GLHT201 course I took last fall: designing a new attachment mechanism for the headset assemblies for Pumani. Currently, the method is extremely simple and cost effective....
After sending out 32 completed and tested Pumani units to Lilongwe last Friday, we focused this week on finalizing and preparing the shipment of the remaining 18 units. During some last minute testing, we’d encountered an odd scenario where the testing fixture...
This past week, Brittany and I have been in charge of putting together 100 sample kits for DoseRight! DoseRight is a syringe clip that acts as a guiding tool to help ensure that proper amounts of liquid medication are being provided each time. Misdosing of liquid...
This week is when we are expecting to ship out the next round of units to Malawi! Since there have been quite a few revisions since the last model, I retrofitted some units from 3SD and sent those over to Kelley at Rice. In return, she will send back the units that...
Many apologies for the rather sporadic blogging! I’ve finally caught up to speed today to share what I worked on. After running many pressure tests last week, today’s task was to test all the units again for oxygen levels. We are primarily looking to...