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Problem Overview
The design challenge we were presented with was to create a “neat, hands-free solution” to help our user manage his oxygen tubing. Our user has Interstitial Lung Disease, a condition that inhibits the ability of the lungs to absorb oxygen, resulting in him requiring concentrated oxygen delivered through tubing. As he walks around his house, the tubing piles up on the floor and creates a tripping hazard for him and his wife. Additionally, it takes the both of them several minutes each night to wind up the tubing before going to bed.
Figure 6. O2Remote
Pre-Existing Solutions
Our users looked at various unsuccessful solutions such as twisted tubes, tidy tubes, and the O2Remote (Appendix A: Secondary Research Summary). The solution that showed the most potential was the O2Remote (Fig. 6), which is a container in which tubing can be fed in as well as released by a motor and remote. It was deemed unsuitable by Mark and Travis because it took up too much space, and overall looked aesthetically unappealing. An improvement of this design was the main inspiration for our solution.
The Oximatic
Our design, the Oximatic, is a mechanism that will automatically retract the oxygen tubing and store it in a small container. It will allow Mark and Travis to avoid the lengthy process of winding the tubing each night, instead simply pressing a button to retract it to a more manageable length.
IMG_9191 2.movFigure 7. Video of Oximatic in Operation
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