BME100 f2014:Group12 L6

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OUR COMPANY Peter Hillebrand Darci Botsch Devon Rusk Krishnaa Pradhan Sebastian Fonseca Jorge Espinoza LAB 6 WRITE-UP Bayesian Statistics Overview of the Original Diagnosis System What Bayes Statistics Imply about This Diagnostic Approach Computer-Aided Design TinkerCAD Our Design Feature 1: Consumables Kit Feature 2: Hardware - PCR Machine & Fluorimeter PCR Machine Our PCR Machine will be used in the same functional manner; it will test the samples and determine whether the patient is positive or negative in regards to the disease. There will, however, be improvements upon the previous design. The previous design was often defective, and this unreliability caused many issues including a great consumption of time as well as the losing of data. This must be rectified; every machine should work equally well, and every machine should be efficient in what it does. The time that is takes a PCR machine to execute its function has now been completely limited to two hours or less. Fluorimeter The fluorimeter's function will also remain unchanged. It will be used to measure the fluorescence in proportion to the total amount of substance measured. The fluorimeter used was not perfect; for example, one attribute that needs to be improved was the camera stand; whether a phone is used as the official camera or another more precise camera, the intended camera must be able to stay firmly in place; the picture should be taken from the same place every time to ensure consistency. This issue is addressed in our design; the camera stand is placed such that it does not have to be moved for any reason throughout the experiment. Another issue encountered was the precision aspect: a great deal of precision was necessary to complete the experiment, but the utensils given were not necessarily conducive to such results. What the fluorimeter needed was more instruments that allowed for precision; a set place to balance the pipette will be added to our fluorimeter to establish further consistency.