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In your opinion what is the maximum amount of pens/vials the design needs to be able to store?

So the idea behind the design is not to chill the insulin pens but to keep them within room temperature/below 25C. The only reason why I say this is because obviously that takes much less energy than chilling to like 4C. Technology wise I think it is possible through the use of vacuum...

Crazy that you mention the LEDs as I was literally just writing in my logbook how I could potentially change the LCD display for something simpler! I love the interchangeable insert idea, I have been struggling to work out how to make the design hold more things without making it bigger but I...

Okay that makes perfect sense! I should really have added more context to my earlier post: from my research I am aiming my design at people who live in countries with very warm climates (or people going on holiday to hot countries for a long time) where the ambient temperature exceeds room...

Yes! Keeping insulin from freezing is something I haven't really mentioned but I am looking into adding to the product, as the technology I'm using can do both heating and cooling.

Thank you for the feedback, it is very valuable. How come you chilled the cartridges but not the pens?

So far my design can store 2 insulin pens and 2 insulin vials, having spoken to a diabetic on my course he said that the storage/disposal of insulin needles is quite an annoyance and if that could be incorporated in it would be useful. What are your opinions on storing/disposing of needles? Also...

Thank you! I'm still getting my head around everything that is used and how people store/interact with it all! Just to clarify, I envisioned this product being the thing you would chuck in your bag and have near you with just your daily insulin requirements in and to use it if you're in a...

Yeah sorry, missed that in my explanation - that is what I am planning on doing. I have theoretical calculations of requiring less than 1W heat transfer to keep internal temperature at 20C when external is 40C. Therefore I reckon battery life will be about 2-3 days (hard to say as temp won't...

Two pens and two vials are requirements for one day? (I was lead to believe an insulin pen lasts a couple of days, obviously it depends on user requirements) Also what do you do with used needles? You are correct, I have actually spec'ed 10mm vacuum insulation which is why the product is a...

So I've come up with a few concepts and would love some feedback to see if I've gone in the right/wrong direction. Based on the surveys I aimed at creating a product for insulin pen users that could store daily insulin requirements and last minimum 2 days in 40C heat and be able to be stored...

I am product design student designing a product to help store insulin at the correct temperature in hot climates/summer time (Like a cool bag or Frio bag but hopefully better). I have created this survey to try and work out which features are most important to people and would be grateful if you...

@azure is it okay if I make this new survey into another thread? (Don't want to be spamming but think its got a bit lost in this comment section)

So I was hoping to be able to present you with some early concepts about now but I'm not quite ready yet - maybe this Friday or latest next week Monday. However, I have made another really short survey to get some responses to see what features are most important to you for temperature...

No I am not diabetic, thanks for the response! Definitely put things into perspective.