This weekend the winning design challenge teams traveled to San Diego to demo their prototypes at the Patient Centered Design Reception, and at the NICU prototype session. First prize went to the Fuschia team: Josh Feler, MS Mechanical Engineering Program, Mikkel Soerensen, MS Mechanical Engineer Program and Graeme Fielder, MBA Program. Because there was one extra pass available, Olivia Wu from the Green Team (second prize) traveled down as well to present her team’s prototype. The Green Team was Abhishek Venkataramana MS BioEngineering, Olivia Wu, Human Biology and Stephen Jacobson, MS Mgmt Sci & Engineering Program.
Josh Feler describes his team’s Spin Binz rotating waste receptacle.
Olivia Presents Green Team’s Kangaroo Care wearable to encourage skin-to-skin.
On Saturday we visited Patient Centered Design’s NICU prototype and listened to a thoughtful presentation given by Tammy Thompson and Megan Denham from Georgia Tech’s Simulation lab regarding the product choices they selected, the layout of the space and other issues such as privacy, family storage, encouraging skin-to-skin, milk storage, a built-in parental bed, artwork and lighting.
A large, but comfortable chair placed appropriately in the room. One complaint about the chair was that there was no place attached to the chair that a mom could store a magazine, her phone, a drink, etc.
All controls on the head rails are facing the clinician’s side.
No more COWS in this single room NICU! Computers attach to the wall, away from mom.
Pull out couch for parents to sleep in the room.
PJs pump was the pump of choice for Patient Centered Design. The pump can be placed in this rolling cart for easy accessibility.
This light is very unique…the light color can actually change so that it’s easier to perform certain kinds of procedures inside the isolette.
Here you can see the light settings.
The milk warmer of choice uses water-not air.
This fridge is for a mother’s breast milk. It stays in the room. There is virtually no way to mix up one mother’s milk with another. It can be mounted under counter. (Here is was on top of the counter only because they did not have time to install it where they wanted it before the presentation.)
An ADA compliant sink that is extra wide and deep for better scrubbing up to the elbows. Notice the positioning of the faucet. A partition betweeen the sink and the work area helps reduce transfer of pathogens/infections.
A hand-washing directions panel hangs above the sink.
This syringe infusion pump can be rotated.
This “sharps” container lives on the wall, and is appropriately sized.
“Dandelion’s” product holds baby in a swaddle position, ready for Kangaroo Care. The front panel can be removed for easier skin-to-skin.
This isolette blanket was custom made with windows to expose specific parts of the bed for easier access. It helps keeps unnecessary light out while giving access to controls and entry points.
The NICVIEW is the system for sending a live feed of a NICU baby to his parents or anyone else that is wanting to see him/her. (Grandparents, etc.) There is an access code given to the parents for online access to the video.
As you can see cord management is still an issue that needs to be addressed.
Rubber floors help the environment and nurse’s feet!
A disposable and recyclable privacy curtain.
A parent lounge area outside the single room.
A nurse station right outside the room.
