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A device is needed to aid in the treatment or dysphagia (swallowing disorders). This device will be set up and used by patients in their homes, and will provide useful feedback and data during therapeutic exercise of the oral-pharyngial musculature.
The project has reached the completion of the third semester of work. A second functional prototyple was built to include custom electronics and the improved mouthpiece. Please read the final report for full details.
| Week | Reporting Period Beginning | Activities |
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| 1 | January 23 | Research smaller electronics, sensor technologies, develop list sites for K-12 presentation |
| 2 | January 30 | Look into PCB printers, find out about production microcontrollers, look for alternate mouthpiece materials |
| 3 | February 6 | Schedule K-12 presentation, contact Zilog, try to get sensor samples |
| 4 | February 13 | Start invention disclosure, evaluate alternate mouthpiece materials, continue research on sensors and electronics |
| 5 | February 20 | Continue development of mouthpiece, sensor research, clean up code |
| 6 | February 27 | Meeting with Client, K-12 presentation, ordered microcontroller and supporting components, ordered peizo sensor samples |
| 7 | March 5 | Assembled charge pump and microcontroller on breadboard, evaluated sensor, midsemester presentation |
| 8 | March 12 | (spring break) |
| 9 | March 19 | Decided to continue to use FSR as sensor |
| 10 | March 26 | Planned testing of device, problems with electronics on breadboard |
| 11 | April 2 | Breadboard electronics partially operational |
| 12 | April 9 | Burnt out microcontrollers, tested mouthpiece forming |
| 13 | April 16 | Decided on larger microcontroller, developed sensor covering, ordered PCB |
| 14 | April 23 | Assembly of final electronics, testing and calibration |
| 15 | April 30 | Completion of Final Report |
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PDS (Apr 23 2004, 112 kb) |
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Mid-semester Presentation (Apr 23 2004, 3757 kb) |
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Final Report (May 5 2004, 1040 kb) |
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Final Presentation Poster (May 5 2004, 539 kb) |
