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Quadriplegics sometimes need devices that aid in the administration of medication. In this case the person involved is also an insulin dependent diabetic and requires a carer to check blood sugar and administer insulin when appropriate. But when spending time alone, the onset of a ‘hypo’ was a concern. The immediate response for an able diabetic is to eat some sugar, often jelly beans. So the challenge for TADACT was to devise a jelly bean dispenser. The dispenser consists of a tube with an electrically activated slide. Below the slide are two tubes, one to carry the jelly beans to the persons mouth, the other connected to a blow switch. A puff on the small tube, initiates the blow switch which activates the slide mechanism and a jelly bean is released. Need more than one jelly bean? Puff again.

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		Quadriplegics sometimes need devices that aid in the administration of medication. In this case the person involved is also an insulin dependent diabetic and requires a carer to check blood sugar and administer insulin when appropriate. But when spending time alone, the onset of a ‘hypo’ was a concern. The immediate response for an able diabetic is to eat some sugar, often jelly beans. So the challenge for TADACT was to devise a jelly bean dispenser. The dispenser consists of a tube with an electrically activated slide. Below the slide are two tubes, one to carry the jelly beans to the persons mouth, the other connected to a blow switch. A puff on the small tube, initiates the blow switch which activates the slide mechanism and a jelly bean is released. Need more than one jelly bean? Puff again.