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With the integration of a colored LCD screen, toggle joystick, tactile buttons,rechargeable battery, movable mounting arms, text to voice unit, blackfinprocessor, ABS casing, Baxter pump head assembly; patients with limited motorskills, auditory impairment, and visual impairment, will be easily able to accessan infusion pump with greatly reduced risks which majority of the current infusionpumps exhibit on the market.This project’s intended design approach will greatly reduce the patients’ healthrisk. By designing tactile cues, users with motor disabilities will not have great of aproblem using the interface compared to using a regular infusion pumpinterface. Vocal commands will be incorporated into the design to allow easynavigation for users with visual impairment. In addition, a visual display will beplaced on the design to assist users with auditory impairment, and provide as asafeguard in displaying accurate input values the user requires. Learning easewill be another feature provided by the design to allow easy navigation bynumerous users, especially the technology impaired. The design of the devicewill be aesthetic to the eye allowing comfort to all users. None of theaforementioned characteristics are found in modern medical infusion pumps,making this design project quite unique and worth the venture.Introducing the final accessible infusion pump user interface device into theindustrial market will greatly increase its desire from biomedical corporations.Considering majority of infusion pump users find difficulty using the pumpinterface, in addition to the device’s low budget cost, biomedical corporationswould be steadfast in implementing this device with their medical infusionpumps. Consecutively, the companies will gain great credibility in achieving amore reliable, cost-effective medical infusion pump for their patients and/orcaregivers. Considering the importance of the home infusion pumps to patienthealth, the need for an accessible interface is paramount.10 ReferencesIntroductionBrixey, Juliana. "AMIA 2002 Symposium ." Redesign and Prototype for the<strong>Interface</strong> of a Volumetric <strong>Infusion</strong> <strong>Pump</strong> Following the Usability <strong>Engineering</strong>Lifecycle 12 Nov 2002 01 Oct 2006.Garmer, Karin, Erik Liljegren, Anna-Lisa Osvalder, and Sven Dahlman. "Arguing forthe Need of Triangulation and Iteration when Designing MedicalEquipment." Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing Feb 2002 105-114. 01 Oct 2006 .108

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