1. Noseplug Design Team Members: Stephen Jarrett Michelle Pinson Wen Zhu
Advisor: Denis Rowe

2. Project Background Epistaxis → Nosebleeds Who Gets Nosebleeds?
Variety of Causes
Kiesselbach’s Plexus

3. Problem Definition Problems with Current Treatment Size Slippage
Ineffective
Prep time
Expense
Describe treatment methods: cotton rolls, QR, vasoline, etc.

4. Project Goals Maximum comfort Better fit Less Prep Time
Easy insertion and removal
Maximum absorbance
Reasonable price

5. Design Considerations
Use a material which absorbs blood well
Contoured design to fit nasal passage
Design an applicator
Develop a way for painless removal

6. Schedule

7. Schedule

8. Tasks Completed 7 group meeting with our advisor Denis Rowe
understand requirements
plan our goals
generate design ideas
Develop understanding of current market and competitors

9. Tasks Completed Complete background research Poll athletic trainers
Patent searches
Research epistaxis
Poll athletic trainers
establish a consumer view
Complete NCIIA proposal
Set up our website

10. Current Status Finishing consumer reports Completing market assessment
Working on product specification
Working through our initial design stages

11. Future Plans Research biomaterials Create a design model
comfortable and efficient nasal usage
Create a design model
Test model based on specifications
Modify and finalize model
Develop prototype
Survey athletic trainers about prototype

12. Questions?