Empathic Creative
A cross-disciplinary collaboration effort for a General Engineering course at the University of Illinois.
SCOPE
redesign the slit lamp to provide more space between the chinrest and the patient’s chest to increase comfort for patients of varying sizes
BACKGROUND
slit lamps are used by optometrists and opthalmologists to examine patients’ eyes using a high powered light (slit lamp) in combination with a microscope
TEAM
Rachel Walker, Biomedical Eng.
Ziying “Rebecca” Xiang, Industrial Eng.
Gina Taylor, Industrial Design
EXPERTS
Dr. Michael Tsipursky, Carle Clinic
Dr. Lawrence Kessler, Kessler Optical
Dr. Cameron Smith, Texas State Optical
Dr. Shawn Prapta, Texas State Optical