Sustainable embodiment of a digital microscope to be produced in Africa

Reasearch to and iteration on a previous automated diagnostic microscope with regard to interaction, portability and robustness

Master thesis (2022)

Authors

M.J. Eikelenboom Industrial Design Engineering

Contributors

J.C. Diehl Design for Sustainability - IDE (graduation committee member)
S.M. Persaud Design for Sustainability - IDE (mentor)
Faculty
Industrial Design Engineering, Industrial Design Engineering
Copyright: © 2022 Ivan Eikelenboom
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Published Date

26-08-2022

Language

English

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Industrial Design Engineering

Abstract

Nectlected Tropical diseases (NTDs) is a designation of a group of 20 different (often parasitic) diseases. These are mostly prevalent in tropical areas like Nigeria and Gabon, affecting the health of the poor remote communities significantly.

Current diagnosis is done by manual microscopy. This is too expensive and not time and cost efficient. Therefore an automated diagnostic device is developed.

The developed prototype at the start of the thesis was working, however it was not portable. In this thesis I show the process of developing a portable diagnostic microscope is able to work in remote area's without needing power.

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