STABILIVE
A Medical Device for Senior Citizens
1 IN 4 SENIORS
WILL FALL IN THE NEXT YEAR
Seniors are at risk of falls, cardiac events, & other medical emergencies
EVERY 40 SECONDS
AN AMERICAN HAS A HEART ATTACK
DESIGN ITERATIONS
User centric ideation at UPMC Matter of Balance Classes
at UPMC Mckeesport & Oakland's Moorhead Towers
Exploded View
Base & Arm Band
Belt, Wrist, Pendant
Exploded View
HUMAN CENTERED DESIGN
User Testing with 3 sets of pretotypes led us to identify what Seniors need:
SYSTEM DIAGRAM
TESTIMONIALS
“I like it! I think its better
than the necklace!”
Jyoti, Senior Citizen
“I think it’s a definite
improvement over
[LifeAlert]”
Kathleen, Senior Citizen
“The recommendation was
to make the button more
of a grasp...helpful if
someone has arthiritis”
Melissa Jones, MSN, RN
UPMC Aging Institute
RESULTS
Future Work
Portable
Waterproofing IPx4+ is essential
Invisible
Shrinking size of device
Single-board electrical design
Reliable
GPS tracking implementation
Implimentation for deaf & blind
additional detection (BP, Glucose, Pulse Oximeter)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thank you to Melissa Jones, Christine Adams,
& Ronnie Edwards from UPMC, Dr. Samosky &
AoM TA’s from SSOE, & the MoB Participants
DAN DULANEY
Industrial Engineer
CHIRAG AGARWAL
Mechanical Engineer
ANTHONY PASNELLO
Bio Engineer