Next Steps for the Project

So far this semester, we have come up with some great ideas for designing our allergy stamp test. We have an idea of what the device as a whole should look like and how it should function, as seen in previous blog posts. Our next steps will be to figure out the technical aspects of the device, such as the concentration of allergen we need to observe a meaningful result (reaction or no reaction). We also need to decide how much allergen each microneedle could contain, so we can figure out how many needles would be necessary to have the proper concentration for each allergen. The last major technical aspect we need to figure out is how the reactions will be detected; whether we will get bumps that can be seen through a lens (like a magnifying glass), or whether an automated system needs to be used. All of these things will be addressed over the next week, with the hopes of hashing out the final technical details of our device.