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Trans Dental Monitoring Solution
Petar IvazIsabella TabaBahman SotoodianMohammadali Khorasani
Motivation
• 15% of the population avoid dental care• Two categories of patients
• Too much anesthetic• Too little anesthetic
• Anesthetic can wear off during operation• Pain causes uncontrollable movement• Customer loss• Controlled levels of toxic chemicals
System Overview
High Level System Design
Material Costs
Programmable Zener 50
Box 40
Variable Resistors 30
Ammeter 20
Power Supply 10
PCB 5
Batter Holder 5
Other 30
Total 190
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Bahman’s Business Case
• Unique product, no competition• 100% profit due to high demand (does not
include labour)– $380 Initial Pricing– Providing comfort for patients– Saving dentist’s time
• The Idea can be patented– Unique function
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Teamwork
• Arguments arose, multiple times• Broke off into two groups initially• Testing was done together
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Timeline
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What We Learned
• Time Management• Not all components are created equal• Teamwork• Set meeting time half hour earlier• Troubleshooting and Testing
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What We Learned
• Time Management• Not all components are created equal• Teamwork• Set meeting time half hour earlier• Troubleshooting and Testing
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Future
• Use digital controls and interface• Add lock feature• Safer Controls• Sexier Packaging• User controlled pulse frequency• Produce clamp
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Information Sources• Dr.Kevin Aminzadeh, Dentist• Dr. Ash M. Parameswaran, Professor of the School of
Engineering Science, SFU• Dr. Parveen N.S. Bawa, Professor of the School of Kinesiology,
SFU• Analog Circuit Design, Sergio Franco• Virtanen A. Electrical Stimulation of Pulp Nerves-Comparison of
Monopolar and Bipolar Electrode Coupling. 1985. Elsevier.• Pepper M and Smith D. An electric tooth pulp vitality tester.
1981. Medical & Biological
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