SAMY

Intravenous (IV) poles within the medical and healthcare facilities serve an important role to deliver medication to patients over time. The current commonly IV poles found in the market are commercial poles to serve that purpose. Consequently, these IV poles are seen as highly inefficient as they restrict the movement of patients and require frequent labor and consume excessive time from the nurses. Concurrently, technologically advanced IV poles that overcome movement restrictions and offer multifunctional devices are expensive, yet excessive for low-income hospitals as they offer more than what is necessary. This project is aimed to develop an all-in-one stop for low-income hospitals and for at-home patients offering a customizable and maneuverable IV pole that satisfies hospital and patient needs. Here we design and analyze additional components that are added to the pole and test for its functionality, efficiency, and durability. Through the utilization of AutoCAD and Solidworks and collaboration with GCX Solutions, Inogen, and Welch Allyn, the parts were manufactured to create the preliminary prototype. The preliminary product focused on cost-efficient proof-of-concept prototype that offered a qualitative way to fit all the specifications in order to provide the functionality of the system. The future work will be aimed to optimize the product focusing on cost-efficient materials and improvements of the current design.