The new idea of plastic insulin bottle

: The new idea of plastic insulin bottle

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Question : This is for my industrial design class . We have no lecture for this class at all . We just have submitted a project at the end of the semester . I came up with this idea because one day I broke my insulin bottle (I have diabetes . So I have a new idea of plastic insulin bottle instead of glass bottle so the should include

1 . A history about the insulin (1 paragraph

2 . The procedure of the production

3 . The advantage and

disadvantage of the glass bottle

4 . The new idea of plastic bottle

5 . How can we do it , material what can we use to do it

6 . The advantage of the plastic bottle

7 . Financial analysis (the cost of plastic compare to glass

8 . Conclusion

Insulin is a hormone produced by the beta cells of the Islets of Langerhans in the pancreas that helps in the metabolism of carbohydrates , by converting glucose into glycogen . It enables the cells of the body to use glucose as a source of energy . Individuals with diabetes mellitus produce little or no insulin . Hence , the levels of glucose in the blood rises , and the cells are not able to use it Normally , the pancreas automatically controls the sugar level in the blood by producing and releasing appropriate amounts of insulin . The hormone is usually available in injection forms as they cannot be absorbed into the blood when administered in the form of pills . Insulin is usually inactivated by the digestive tract if administered in the form of oral preparations . Usually insulin is self-administered (in the form of injections ) because the patient needs to take it at least two times a day . The insulin should be injected at least 30 minutes before the meal . It is available in four different forms , depending on the time it begins to work and the duration it acts . These include rapid-acting (acts within 15 minutes and lasts for 3 to 4 hours short-acting acting (acts within 30 minutes and lasts for 5 to 8 hours Intermediate-acting (NPH (acts within 1 to 3 and lasts for 24 hours Intermediate- and short-acting mixtures (a mixture of short-acting and intermediate-acting insulin , and long acting (acts within 1 to 5 hours and lasts for more than 24 hours . Insulin is of different types including bovine insulin (derived from cows , pig insulin (derived from pigs , human insulin (grown by inserting human genetic material in yeast and bacteria that can produce insulin ) and insulin analogues (substances that are similar to human insulin and differ only by one or two amino acids . Insulin was first separated at the University of Toronto in 1921 by Dr . Fredrick Banting , Charles Best , Professor J . J . R . Macleod and Dr . James Collip

At the end of the 19th Century , researchers were feeling a connection between the pancreas and diabetes . In 1921 , they studied that dogs that were diabetic benefited following administration of insulin . In 1922 insulin was administered...