Hey guys,
It has been awhile! My life has been non-existent so I haven’t had anything interesting to post about until now.
For the people who have been following BCIT’s Biomedical Engineering Program, you must’ve heard about the Eye-Select. For those who have not heard about this, the device was built by previous BMET grads (Alan Kwok, Alex Sayer, and Benny Chick). The device was designed, from scratch, with the intentions of permitting ALS patients to control their environment with their eyes. This would include controlling the lights in their home, the mouse on their computer screen, and other electronics around them.
Eye-Select
Now I would like to talk about the fourth (final) semester project course. All students in the this semester is given the option to either build a pre-existing device SpO2 (Pulse Oximeter) monitor, ECG monitor (Electrocardiograph), or NIBP (non-invasion blood pressure) monitor, OR research a device that somehow control a patient’s environment.
The reason why I was talking about the Eye-Select is because, for the first time in history of the BMET project course, six students from my year (myself included), have been selected to improve the device.
Although it is functional, it is not ready for clinical use. My professor’s goal is to have the device fully operational so that we can give it to an ALS patient to use. This is very exciting for me because I, along with my friends, are given a chance to help the life of another person. I am not sure how we’re going to improve a device that is already so great, but I am sure we can think of something.
Don
P.S. Heres some more information regarding the BMET’s project course and Eye-Select: