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

2. Objectives Project Goal: Develop inexpensive, effective nosebleed plug to be used in athletics, specifically high school wrestling Design Criteria: Fit → provide variety of sizes Absorbency → use cotton, similar to tampons Stop bleeding → vasoconstrictor? Easy insertion and removal → shape and tab Cheap → simple design, alter tampon design, international production

3. Schedule

5. Current Work Decided on specific design  Constructed first prototypes Tapered toward the front Cotton Thick at the base

6. Current Work One question remains: To vasoconstrictor or not to vasoconstrictor  Oxymetazaline  Nasal Jelly  Alum Root Powder  Styptic Pencil

7. Current Work cont’ FDA issues  Which type do we want to become Drug delivery device Medical device

8. Current Work cont’ Manufacturing Issues  Cotton Weaving  Tab Stability  Drug Delivery  Pressure Application Patent Issues

9. Completed Work Interviewed wrestlers, ENTs, ATCs, BME professors Established FDA Contact Picked a Final Design Researched Various Vasoconstrictors

10. Future Plans Testing of prototype Manufacturers Marketing

11. Acknowledgements Advisor Denis Rowe, CEO of Arthron Interviews with John Hudson, Reagan Hall, Michelle Johnson, Christy Henning, Dr. Dale Smith, Dr. Jerry Crook, Dr. Jewell Duncan, Dr. Bryan Davis, Dr. Labadie, Professor Miga, Professor King, Professor Giorgio