Trans Dental Monitoring Solution Petar Ivaz Isabella Taba
Trans Dental Monitoring Solution Petar Ivaz Isabella Taba Bahman Sotoodian Mohammadali Khorasani
Motivation • 15% of the population avoid dental care • Two categories of patients • Too much anesthetic • Too little anesthetic • Anesthetic can wear off during operation • Pain causes uncontrollable movement • Customer loss • Controlled levels of toxic chemicals
System Overview
High Level System Design
Material Costs Programmable Zener 50 Box 40 Variable Resistors 30 Ammeter 20 Power Supply 10 PCB 5 Batter Holder 5 Other 30 Total 190 Trans Dental Technologies
Bahman’s Business Case • Unique product, no competition • 100% profit due to high demand (does not include labour) – $380 Initial Pricing – Providing comfort for patients – Saving dentist’s time • The Idea can be patented – Unique function Trans Dental Technologies
Teamwork • Arguments arose, multiple times • Broke off into two groups initially • Testing was done together Trans Dental Technologies
Timeline Trans Dental Technologies
What We Learned • • • Time Management Not all components are created equal Teamwork Set meeting time half hour earlier Troubleshooting and Testing Trans Dental Technologies
What We Learned • • • Time Management Not all components are created equal Teamwork Set meeting time half hour earlier Troubleshooting and Testing Trans Dental Technologies
Future • • • Use digital controls and interface Add lock feature Safer Controls Sexier Packaging User controlled pulse frequency Produce clamp Trans Dental Technologies
Information Sources • Dr. Kevin Aminzadeh, Dentist • Dr. Ash M. Parameswaran, Professor of the School of Engineering Science, SFU • Dr. Parveen N. S. Bawa, Professor of the School of Kinesiology, SFU • Analog Circuit Design, Sergio Franco • Virtanen A. Electrical Stimulation of Pulp Nerves-Comparison of Monopolar and Bipolar Electrode Coupling. 1985. Elsevier. • Pepper M and Smith D. An electric tooth pulp vitality tester. 1981. Medical & Biological Trans Dental Technologies
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