The Open Pressure Sensor Device
From The CircuitPython Show by Paul Cutler
March 9, 2026 · 22 min · Season 7 · Episode 55
About this episode
Paul discusses an open source medical device for mastectomy patients with guests from Cornell Tech.
Paul welcomes Michelle Hui and Reitwiec Shandilya, master’s students at Cornell Tech. They discuss their project, an open source medical device that helps mastectomy patients, that runs CircuitPython. 00:00 Intro 00:46 The Open Pressure Sensor Device 2:05 Overcoming the problem gaps 2:58 Partnering with clinicians 5:26 The hardware and firmware 8:13 Reverse engineering the proprietary device 13:48 The Open Source Hardware Association 20:09 What’s next for OpenPSD? 21:42 Wrap-up Enjoying the show? You can now sponsor the show, learn more at www.circuitpythonshow.com . Thank you for your support!
People in this episode
Host: Paul Cutler
Guests: Michelle Hui, Reitwiec Shandilya
Topics covered
- open source
- medical device
- CircuitPython
- mastectomy
- hardware
- firmware
Keywords
- open source
- medical device
- mastectomy
- CircuitPython
- hardware
- firmware
- Open Pressure Sensor Device
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Cornell Tech, Open Source Hardware Association
Products: Open Pressure Sensor Device, CircuitPython
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