A Busy week Hindu Katowa, It has been a very busy and tough week with sleepless nights.We are running out of time.So we are supposed to work as much as we can so we can finish our final prototypes and prepare ourselves for the next week’s final projects presentations.So our team is working on the Automatic Chest Compressor. But before we made a final prototype we made two prototypes which were piston and gear based chest compressors.And the processes were as follow: We started on making piston based prototype in which we 3D printed the piston and circulating rods Then we cut all remaining parts on a laser cutter. After that we assembled the parts and completed our first…
Small and Amazing
SMALL AND FINAL PROJECT The last week was special for completing our small project and start dealing with final project after the visitation we made at Muhimbili National Hospital(MNH) and Comprehensive Community Based Rehabilitation of Tanzania (CCBRT Hospital). Where we conducted research and investigated different problems and challenges facing the Hospitals. As we observed different problems our task was to work on them and find solution based on either doing maintenance where needed and invading new appropriate technology. SMALL PROJECT From the starting day of our IPT sessions in DIT design studio, I acquired variety of knowledge in different parts like knowledge in Laser Cutting, 3D Printing, Arduino, Research knowledge and other Technological knowledge. Under Supervision and Training from…
Central Line Ultrasound Training Modul
Central Line Ultrasound Training Module – T. N. Shetui After working with the gelatin based central line training model and seeing all the drawbacks that came along with the model, it was high time to research on other materials that could replace the gelatin mixture. The replacement would resolve either all or most of the gelatin based model’s drawbacks. Materials that the researchers considered to explore more on their potential to replace the gelatin mixture were tangit PVC adhesive, pure white silicone sealant, acrylic silicone sealant (AS-606), Kenfix glass windows’ sealant (KA-105), dry grout powder, gypsum powder and two way plastic. All these materials were used in different mixing ratios to produce ten different swatches / samples that were…
Work, work and more work
Work, work and more work – Thomas N. Shetui At the end of last week, most final projects on needs findings were assigned to particular individuals. Each individual was required to start working on them and extend further from where the project halted. The task of collecting more information about the project was to broaden the options, enabling comprehensive approaches towards the solution to be an easy peasy process. With my fellow Industrial Practical Training member Greg Luhambati, we were chosen to work on a central line ultrasound training module. At first it required us to explore more on the currently used method to train health practitioner’s to perform a central lineprocedure prior to doing it to human subjects. Figure 1:…
The beginning of the end
The beginning of the end – Thomas N. Shetui After an intensive needs finding session at both Muhimbili National Hospital and CCBRT Tanzania, a significant amount of final projects emerged. Final projects such as bubble CPAP, wall suction system, UVGI, central line ultrasound training module, automatic CPR system and length board came from mostly two wards of Muhimbili National Hospital’s Pediatric Department while other small projects such as POP cutter blades were obtained from CCBRT Hospital particularly the Prosthetics and Orthotics Department. All the findings collected from both case study sites were gathered and compiled into titled projects as mentioned above. Though most final projects that needed extra attention were from Muhimbili National Hospital, there were some crucial insights…