Final design and development status of the acquisition and guiding system for SOXS

Background: Diabetes affects people of all ages regardless of gender and geographical location. A diabetic patient unlike other diseases; may appear healthy and living a normal life under medication. Therefore a tendency of being noncompliant with medicine especially insulin dosage is observed. One of the reasons of such behavior is that patients find it irritating to use syringes or injections. It results into complications in other body functions such as heart, kidneys, liver and loss of immunity. Results: Dimensional, performance and economic features were compared with existing devices. Device was designed to use standard accessories of needles and insulin cartridges available in market. It was observed that the new device fared well with current devices and provided additional benefits of convenience of use and portability of carrying along being half the size of others. Its overall cost was also substantially reduced due to use of replaceable insulin cartridges as compared to syringes and pens that are discarded after use. Conclusions: A keychain held insulin administration device was successfully developed in this research. Patients could use this device to administer insulin everywhere to ensure timely dosage. Patients are able to carry it along and develop compliant behavior towards insulin usage. Its geometric as well as performance specifications were developed on the basis of syringes and typical insulin pens available in market. Final design fulfilled all the requirements provided by market held devices besides being half the geometric size of regular pens. It uses insulin tubes which can be discarded and device can be used again and again that makes it more economical. Both type 1 and 2 patients can use it because of simple assembly and operation. Prototype devices were used by two patients over a period of 12 weeks who confirmed its satisfac-tory performance. Addition of digital measurement scale was proposed for which further research is in process. Its small size as compared to insulin pens and syringes provided possibility of carrying it in keychain. Methods: Present research was conducted to design and manufacture a keychain held insulin injectable device. Patients requirements were collected through interviews regarding current devices such as syringes, insulin pens and insulin pump. Its geometric features and possibility of carrying along everywhere was the primary focus of these interviews. Patients ease of use, cost, dimensional and performance specifications of these devices were reviewed and considered as target benchmarks for new device design. A set of parameters was established from the collected information that was considered as baseline for new device design. A detailed product design and development process was followed to arrive at final design. Prototypes were developed and tested on few volunteer patients who confirmed its performance and usability advantages with reference to other devices.

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Compact time- and space-integrating SAR processor: design and development status

10.1117/12.178061 ◽

1994 ◽

Author(s):

Michael W. Haney ◽

James J. Levy ◽

Marc P. Christensen ◽

Robert R. Michael, Jr. ◽

Michael M. Mock

Keyword(s):

Processor Design ◽

Design And Development ◽

Time And Space ◽

Development Status

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Design and Development of a Jet Impingement Facility for Experimental Studies

10.1115/imece2001/htd-24408 ◽

2001 ◽

Author(s):

Jason R. Allen ◽

Ann M. Anderson

Keyword(s):

Heat Transfer ◽

Undergraduate Students ◽

Heated Surface ◽

Experimental Studies ◽

Jet Impingement ◽

Design And Development ◽

Impingement Heat Transfer ◽

Air Supply ◽

Final Design ◽

Jet Nozzle

Abstract This paper describes the design and development of a facility for the study of jet impingement heat transfer. The facility was designed to teach undergraduate students about the relation between fluid mechanics and convective heat transfer. It consists of a heated surface mounted perpendicular to a 9.8 by 3.8 cm slot jet nozzle on an adjustable base. A small compact blower serves as the air supply and is also mounted on the base. The jet to surface gap distance can be varied from 0 to 25 cm and the jet velocity can be varied from 2 to 15 m/s. The system uses particle image velocimetry (PIV) to measure the impinging flow velocities and liquid crystal thermography (LCT) to measure the temperatures on the heated surface. This paper will discuss the design constraints, the design options, and several analyses used to size the jet nozzle and the heat transfer surface. The final design will be presented as well as some typical PIV and LC results which illustrate the jet impingement cooling phenomena.

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Development of an in-Car Climatic Control System

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part D Transport Engineering ◽

10.1243/pime_proc_1986_200_200_02 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 200 (5) ◽

pp. s27-s33 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

R J Fowler

Keyword(s):

Control System ◽

Air Conditioning ◽

Modern Technology ◽

Automotive Application ◽

Climate Control ◽

Design And Development ◽

Passenger Car ◽

Automotive Air Conditioning ◽

Climatic Control ◽

Final Design

This paper describes in detail the original methods used in the design and development of a microprocessor-based climate control system for the XJ40 Jaguar car. It takes the concept of air conditioning and applies modern technology and materials to produce a unit for a new passenger car. It describes those areas of design where experience in automotive air conditioning has shown the need for improvement, and also explains the operational procedures. The theories presented can be used in any automotive application and lead through concept and development to a final design implementation.

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Design and development status of the EarthCARE Cloud Profiling Radar

2012 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium ◽

10.1109/igarss.2012.6351004 ◽

2012 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Hirotaka Nakatsuka ◽

Toshiyoshi Kimura ◽

Yoshishiro Seki ◽

Gaku Kadosaki ◽

Yoshiya Iide ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Design And Development ◽

Development Status

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ESO ELT M1 local control system software design and development status (Conference Presentation)

Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy V ◽

10.1117/12.2313344 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Javier Argomedo ◽

Luigi Andolfato ◽

Carlos Diaz Cano ◽

Robert Frahm ◽

Thomas Grudzien ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Control System ◽

Local Control ◽

Software Design ◽

System Software ◽

Design And Development ◽

Development Status

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