Slapband
MAKERS
Nicole Mendoza
Nicole is a biomedical engineer at UC Irvine and a first generation college graduate. She was also a collegiate track and field athlete. Nicole's passion for making started at a young age, as a result of building things with her younger brother.
Kimberly Veliz
Kimberly is a biomedical engineer at UC Irvine and a first generation college student. She has a passion for researching and making new medical devices.
Slapband is wearable wristband that provides immediate and continuous monitoring of your vitals associated with blood pressure. This wristband uses novel sensors made in a biomedical engineering lab at UC Irvine.
What inspired you to make this project?:
In our lab, we strive to solve big medical problems. Hypertension is a disease that affects 1 in 3 Americans and leads to the number one cause of death in the world - heart disease. The blood pressure cuff hasn't been reinvented in over a century, which inspired us to find a better way to monitor blood pressure.
