Abstract
In metabolic diseases such as phenylketonuria (a rare disease), a very important way to keep the patient healthy is the administration of amino acid substitutes. This dispenser was designed because in other places (except home) for patients, it is very difficult to take the substitute powder due to the custom weight, which depends on the body weight. We designed and made on a 3D printer a graduated dosing device (12 g) which can be used very easily and has all the elements to be transported. In this way, the necessary dose of amino acid substitutes can be administered to patients with phenylketonuria, including infants aged 6 months–1 year, at the kindergarten or any other places with the absence of a food scale. This dispenser is very easy to carry and very useful to patients.
Subject
Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes,Computer Science Applications,Process Chemistry and Technology,General Engineering,Instrumentation,General Materials Science