Project Overview

The aim of our team over the next three semesters is to create a prototype of an asthma inhaler (or a device attached to an asthma inhaler) capable of communicating the time, date, and location where the inhaler was used, as well as to design the software to accompany the data. This project is important in the tracking of allergy and asthma symptoms, outbreak control, and general health observations with respect to populations in certain areas of the United States and, ultimately, the entire globe. Surveillance to this point has been limited to the delayed analysis of emergency department visits and hospitalizations for relatively severe episodes.

Files

• Mid-semester Presentation (March 9, 2007)
• Mid-semester Report (March 14, 2007)
• Poster (May 7, 2007)
• PDS(May 10th) (May 9, 2007)
• Final Report (May 9, 2007)

Contact Information

Team Members

• Mollie Lange - Team Leader
• Sammy Bergh - Communicator
• Michael Alexander - BSAC
• Peter Ma - BWIG

Advisor and Client

• Ken Gentry - Advisor
• David Van Sickle - Client

Related Projects

• Spring 2008: GPS Linked Inhaler
• Fall 2007: Networked GPS-enabled metered-dose inhaler for real-time mapping of asthma exacerbations
• Spring 2007: GPS-enabled inhaler