{"id":53,"date":"2019-11-20T15:30:05","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T15:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/engprojects.tcnj.edu\/tjt\/?page_id=53"},"modified":"2020-04-01T19:53:20","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T19:53:20","slug":"design","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/engprojects.tcnj.edu\/tjt\/design\/","title":{"rendered":"Design"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The proposed Thermal Joint Therapy (TJT) device aims to meet this need using a fluidics-based thermal system, in which water at modulated temperatures passes through a conformable hand-interface to produce a  30-minute therapy program. This program will be comprised of 3 cycles of  6-minute heating and 4-minute cooling periods targeting 42 \u00b0C and 16 \u00b0C  skin temperatures, respectively.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Functional Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"832\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/engprojects.tcnj.edu\/tjt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/120\/2020\/01\/waterflow_bg.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/engprojects.tcnj.edu\/tjt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/120\/2020\/01\/waterflow_bg.png 832w, https:\/\/engprojects.tcnj.edu\/tjt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/120\/2020\/01\/waterflow_bg-281x300.png 281w, https:\/\/engprojects.tcnj.edu\/tjt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/120\/2020\/01\/waterflow_bg-768x821.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The device will be deliver heating and cooling to the hand through the use of a thermal liquid. There are two reservoirs, a hot and a cold, which will hold the liquid at a steady therapeutic temperature. A series of valves will control the flow of liquid to the interface with the patient&#8217;s hand. The separation of the hot and cold liquid enables rapid temperature change, a characteristic linked with therapeutic benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Safety<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Following safety standards, the device will be outfitted with an automatic safety shutoff controlled by the microcontroller as well as a manual safety shutoff that rests on the outside of the device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Physical Model Prototype<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"665\" height=\"608\" src=\"http:\/\/engprojects.tcnj.edu\/tjt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/120\/2020\/01\/device.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/engprojects.tcnj.edu\/tjt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/120\/2020\/01\/device.png 665w, https:\/\/engprojects.tcnj.edu\/tjt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/120\/2020\/01\/device-300x274.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The proposed Thermal Joint Therapy (TJT) device aims to meet this need using a fluidics-based thermal system, in which water at modulated temperatures passes through a conformable hand-interface to produce a 30-minute therapy program. This program will be comprised of 3 cycles of 6-minute heating and 4-minute cooling periods targeting 42 \u00b0C and 16 \u00b0C &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/engprojects.tcnj.edu\/tjt\/design\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Design&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":194,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-53","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/engprojects.tcnj.edu\/tjt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/engprojects.tcnj.edu\/tjt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/engprojects.tcnj.edu\/tjt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engprojects.tcnj.edu\/tjt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/194"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engprojects.tcnj.edu\/tjt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/engprojects.tcnj.edu\/tjt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/engprojects.tcnj.edu\/tjt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}