• written in OpenSCAD with the help of AI, used iterative prompting
• sketched designs and made presentation deck
• open-sourced project, want more people to help work on this too
• created .stl files for diy 3d-printing!
• to be printed…

Problem: Low-infrastructure and in-crisis environments often face difficulties accessing medical care and basic first-aid resources. There is a need for innovative and low-cost medical and first-aid solutions that can function in resource constrained and crisis environments. How might we create affordable and impactful medical or first-aid innovations that can improve emergency response and healthcare outcomes in disaster-affected low-income communities?

The Idea

The painless blood sampling device uses microneedles to puncture skin and microfluidic channels to guide the extracted blood. Active vacuum creates suction–increasing blood uptake, alongside a commercial VacuTube that extracts blood from the device for storage.