Progress Report Title Active Ankle Foot Orthotic AFO to Enhance Walking and Balance Names Jessica Hause Co leader Erin Main Co leader Emily Andrews BSAC Josh White Communicator Tony Schuler BWIG Date February 16 2007 February 23 2007 Problem Statement Create a device that actively enhances forefoot step off and increases proprioception to improve balance for people experiencing ankle weakness foot drop and the inability to walk and balance safely as a result of various neurological diseases such as Charcot Marie Tooth disease multiple sclerosis and stroke The device should be non obtrusive fit in a shoe comfortably attach to the leg and be economical Last Week s Team Goals Continue brainstorming ideas for our project Research existing spring materials for our orthotic Begin to establish three major project ideas Meet with a PT who specializes in foot drop off Continue with questions for our client and patient Research foot and ankle anatomy Research the major muscles nerves and pressure points involved in walking Last Week s Individual Goals Erin Main Progress Report research existing spring materials brainstorm Jessica Hause Complete PDS research anatomy of the foot brainstorm Josh White Establish a budget research walking brainstorm Tony Schuler Work on team website research foot anatomy brainstorm Emily Andrews BSAC meeting research walking brainstorm Summary of Accomplishments Met with physical therapist and gained a better understanding of walking patterns and existing AFO s on the market Wrote letter to Biomedical Engineering Department about budget Researched walking patterns and the nerves muscles and pressure points involved Researched and became familiar with ankle anatomy Brainstormed several ideas for project Completed rough draft of PDS This Week s Goals E mail physical therapist and find out about possibility of getting our patients walking pattern analyzed Establish budget Arranged meeting with contact once budget has been established so we can inform him of our limitations Begin to narrow down design matrix constraints and rank their importance Generate possible design ideas Arrange another meeting with our patient Improve and update PDS Continue researching walking patterns Project Schedule Task Project Research Research Contact Patient Contact Client Meet with PT Brainstorming Design Develop Prototype Website Deliverables Mid semester Presentation Mid semester Report Final Presentation Final Report Progress Reports Meetings Semester Wrap up Jan 26 2 February 9 16 23 2 9 March 16 23 30 6 13 April 20 Difficulties Our team continues to struggle with the budget Our project was approved without any prior budget being established This week we wrote a letter to the Biomedical Engineering Department asking for funding and we will hopefully be able to get a response early next week It has been difficult for us to generate our possible designs because we have no idea the kind of budget that will end up being established This Week s Activities 2 16 2007 2 18 2007 2 19 2007 Team Met with PT and client Erin Completed PDS Emily Researched ankle anatomy Jess Researched walking patterns 3 hours 1 hour 1 hour 1 hour 27 May 4 2 21 2007 2 21 2007 Josh Researched walking patterns Tony Website Erin Jess Progress report Josh Letter to PT Team Budget letter to BME department 1 hour 1 hour 1 hour 1 hour 2 hours Week Total Overall Total Hours Individual Erin Jess Josh Tony Emily Team Total 21 hours 21 hours 19 hours 19 hours 19 hours 99 hours 33 hours
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