MIE.33 – Eye Drop Dispenser with Stabilization System for People with Hand Tremors
Team Members Heading link
- Melany Carrillo
- Karen Dominguez
- Jason Perez
- Ada Taghavizadeh
- Noemi Torres
Project Description Heading link
Hand tremors affect approximately 10 million people in the world, resulting in difficulties completing certain tasks like applying eye drops. To increase quality of life, many everyday products, like spoons, have accommodations or designed devices to help complete daily tasks by mitigating the effects of the hand tremors; however, the market for eyedrop aids is insufficient. As a result, people often waste product due to their inability to stabilize their hand. In keeping, with federal regulations on medical tubing and eyedrop storage, the team has employed a handheld device with two major components. One is a stabilization gyroscope that consists of a microcontroller and servo motors that are programmed to counteract the motion of the person’s hand tremor. The other consists of a pump, which at a push of a button or squeeze, dispenses a controlled amount of eyedrops.