Final Thoughts

Manufacturing a Coumadin®/Warfarin delivery device will save those involved time and money. We have developed a point of care device that, in theory, performs this function. Its main components include a computer, an electrically regulated motor, an Infrared sensor, a worm gear assembly, four knurled pinch wheels, and a user interface. We believe that using these components will provide the best practical solution to our objective.

Over the past few months, using a two-phase design process, the team has worked together to design a pill dispensing mechanism. The process dictates the use of a logical step-by-step method. By developing a full understanding of the need and the current stand in the market the team has generated concepts each working toward the best possible design.  Manufacturing of the prototype provided the design engineers with added information about the best way to manufacture the final prototype as well as the ability to experimentally determine some previous design unknowns.  Overcoming these design unknowns proved to be interesting and challenging and provided invaluable information towards the final design.  Integration of the final design elements went smoother than expected because of the fact that the lines of communication were open between the design engineers providing a seamless flow of information between them with the same goal in mind, a working prototype.

Each aspect of the design has been integrated.  Over the past nine months, each aspect has been designed and physically integrated.  The overall design will, indeed lead to a fully operational prototype.  For the next generation prototype a new batch of issues is ready to be viewed, considered and solved by a second generation INRange Pharmaceuticals Medical Dispensing Device Team.