Here, you can find the instruction manual that our team created to ensure that our users are aware of exactly how to set up and use our device to its full ability!

This is an image of an instruction manual that has an image to the left of our device, which has a black rounded top and a pink squishy middle with a teal eye drop bottle inside. On the right, there are 5 steps laid out describing how to correctly install the eyedrop bottle
Instruction Manual for our users to use the device

Instruction Video on how to install and hold your eye dropper device

As can be seen in this instructional video, the different components of our device — the positioning and squeezing components, alongside the eyedrop bottle itself — all fit together really well, and are very easily installed together into one cohesive device. The cavity of the squeezing component is an extremely snug fit for the 15 mL eyedropper bottle, and the positioning component also signals successful installation through a “clicking” sound. This is a part of our functionality of the device, where the user, who struggles with fine motor movements, should be able to readily put together and subsequently take apart our device, but also, make sure that all the components have a perfect fit with each other to prevent any injuries due to dropping or other unintended consequences.

Video showing how to use the eyedropper device

This is a video of one of our teammates, Sam, demonstrating how a user would make use of our finalized, assembled product. As can be seen in the video, the entire squeezing process is extremely straightforward and requires minimal effort from the user. This aligns with one of our primary user needs of wanting to have our users be able to more easily dispense eyedrops out of the container by distributing the average force of squeezing over a larger area.

To add, Sam can be seen not to have any extra spillage from the eyedrops on her face after the drops have been dispensed. She can also be seen holding the bottle encased by our device against her eye with a lot of ease, and has no trouble finding the right position to place the tip of the eyedrop bottle so that the drop is dispensed directly into the eye. The first of the different user needs met by the final functionality of our device was achieving the stabilization of the eyedrop bottle as it is held above one’s eyes and up against one’s face. Additionally, the user need of enabling the user to position the eyedrop bottle optimally to allow for direct entry of the medication into the eye was also satisfied. These were the primary user needs that defined our design considerations when we were approaching the prototyping process of our device, and as can be seen throughout the paragraph and the videos displayed, these user needs were ultimately met in the final prototype of our product!