Facial Prosthetic Longevity Chamber
JOHN M. WEBSTER, Greg Gion · 2008
The purpose of this project is to develop a storage chamber for facial prosthetics, with security and antimicrobial function, to help protect and disinfect prosthetics. The chamber will be used by both patients, to store their facial prosthetic when not in use, and by anaplastologists, to ship the prosthetics. We developed three designs to stabilize the prosthetic as each takes accounts the various shapes of different kind of facial prosthetics. Chamber construction consists of a polycarbonate, air-tight case and employs a magnetic attachment system. Our designs improved stabilization of the prosthetics. Also, our research indicates that silver ions can be easily used to sanitize both the chamber and the prosthetic. In the future, we hope to further construct our chosen design and begin testing its capabilities.