Transcript Presentation 3

Noseplug Design
Team Members: Stephen Jarrett
Michelle Pinson
Wen Zhu
Advisor: Denis Rowe
Objectives
Project Goal: Develop inexpensive, effective nosebleed plug
to be used in athletics, specifically high school wrestling
Design Criteria:
• Fit → provide variety of sizes
• Absorbency → use cotton, similar to tampons
• Stop bleeding → vasoconstrictor?
• Easy insertion and removal → shape and tab
• Cheap → simple design, alter tampon design,
international production
Schedule
Schedule
Current Work
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Decided on
specific design
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Constructed first
prototypes
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Tapered toward
the front
Cotton
Thick at the
base
Current Work
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One question remains:
To vasoconstrictor or
not to vasoconstrictor
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Oxymetazaline
Nasal Jelly
Alum Root Powder
Styptic Pencil
Current Work cont’
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FDA issues
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Which type do we want
to become
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Drug delivery device
Medical device
Current Work cont’
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Manufacturing
Issues
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Cotton Weaving
Tab Stability
Drug Delivery
Pressure
Application
Patent Issues
Completed Work
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Interviewed wrestlers, ENTs,
ATCs, BME professors
Established FDA Contact
Picked a Final Design
Researched Various
Vasoconstrictors
Future Plans
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Testing of prototype
Manufacturers
Marketing
Acknowledgements
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Advisor Denis Rowe, CEO of Arthron
Interviews with John Hudson, Reagan
Hall, Michelle Johnson, Christy
Henning, Dr. Dale Smith, Dr. Jerry
Crook, Dr. Jewell Duncan, Dr. Bryan
Davis, Dr. Labadie, Professor Miga,
Professor King, Professor Giorgio