DialiTEAM

Background:

Diality aims to improve the patient treatment quality by developing the next generation of dialysis machines for at clinics or at home usage. There is no current device on the company’s machines that gauges the patient’s hematocrit value in real time. By having a direct input of the patient’s hematocrit value, then caretakers or clinical professionals are able to adjust the blood volume removal rate to improve the patient's treatment experience.

Goal and Objectives: 

10/24/25        Define Problem Scope & Identify User Needs 
10/31/25        Generate or analyze flow simulations
11/07/25        Determine Explicit Project Requirements with Sponsor
7/14/25          Complete preliminary CAD Models & Electrical Schematics
7/21/25          Implement and Verify Electrical Schematics on test parts
7/28/25          Verify whether the original tubing could work
12/05/25        Solidified Design (Drawing schematics), Specifications listed, orders ready from the industry

Winter Quarter:

01/09/25             Received Manufactured Components
01/16/25            Integration of Components / Understand variables that can be changed to manipulate signal output
01/23/25             Validation Testing of Components
01/30/25            Analysis of Results of the Components vs Test Parts
03/06/25            Functional & Demonstration Prototype Completed

General Procedure: 

Blood flows through the tube in the system while LEDs flash between 810 and 1300nm on one side of the tube. The red blood cells deflect 810nm wavelengths, and plasma deflects some of the 1300nm wavelengths. The receiver on the other side of the tube reads the intensity of the two wavelengths and uses these values to calculate the hematocrit of the blood.

Team Contacts: 

Jolyne Fuentes jolynef@uci.edu

Sarah Ho  smho2@uci.edu

Samantha Wicke  swicke@uci.edu 

Vicky Nguyen vickymn1@uci.edu

Jaden Sioson jsioson@uci.edu 

Sponsor/Advisor:

Jenna Zimmerman — jzimmerman@diality.com