Seniors from University's Inaugural Product Design Class Unveil Prototypes From: Medical Design Technology - 05/06/2014 Upon being diagnosed with the chronic disease, Cueto, now a senior product design major at Drexel University, was prescribed an inhaler to treat his symptoms. He quickly noticed that he struggled with certain aspects of using the inhaler - from finding it when he needed it to remembering to get it refilled. Throughout his life, he's noticed other asthmatics experiencing similar frustrations. So, this past fall, when Cueto was asked to design a product that would help solve a real-world problem, it didn't take long for him to come up with the idea for what he now calls "BREATHE: The Connected Inhaler". The design includes a mobile application for smartphones that helps the user to learn more about their disease. The app also tracks where the inhaler is located, when and where the inhaler is used, how much medicine is left in it and when refills are needed. Along with the app, Cueto developed a prototype of a redesigned inhaler. Finding that the L-shape of the traditional inhaler was cumbersome in his pocket and that the cap would often fall off and get lost, his redesigned inhaler is flat for easier storage and transport, and features a mouthpiece within a sleeve so that no cap is necessary. Read the entire article and view a video (3:04) at: http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2014/05/seniors-universitys-inaugural-product-design-class-unveil-prototypes Links: Prototypes Solve Real-World Problems http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2014/05/photos-day-prototypes-solve-real-world-problems Michael Glaser http://www.drexel.edu/westphal/contact/directory/GlaserMichael/ Senior Design Center http://www.biomed.drexel.edu/new04/Content/ug_prog/senior_design/