Insulin Calendar (CS-08)

For (With Whom)

People who want to avoid forgetting to inject insulin. People who want to check whether an insulin injection has been missed.

Why

A home-visit rehabilitation client who injects insulin had begun, with advancing age, to forget to inject or to forget afterwards whether they had injected, so we decided to make a calendar that allows a week of injections to be managed.

How

First, we observed the actual insulin injection routine. Normally there was a wooden coaster on the dining table, and the person remembered whether they had injected insulin by placing the used injector cap on it. With a paper check sheet, they might even forget to fill it in. We therefore made the place where the cap is put into the calendar itself, which makes forgetting less likely and lets staff from other professions notice a missed injection when they visit.

Outcome

Missed injections decreased markedly. Even when an injection is missed, the person themself or staff from other professions can notice it when visiting.

Materials Used

PLA

Approximate 3D Print Weight

107g

Print Settings Overview

Body: Nozzle diameter = 1.0mm, Layer height = 0.4mm , Infill = 20% , Temp = 240°C , Speed = 60mm/s, Support = None

Accessory Information

Insulin injector