11-Year-Old Invents Backpack For Young Cancer Patients
- 10 years ago
An 11-year-old girl has come up with a brilliant idea that aims to make life a little easier for young cancer patients. Kylie Simonds is the inventor of a specially designed backpack for children suffering from cancer.
An 11-year-old girl has come up with a brilliant idea that aims to make life a little easier for young cancer patients. Kylie Simonds is the inventor of a specially designed backpack for children suffering from cancer.
The bag is made to carry IV medication. She developed the appropriately named, IV Pediatric Backpack as part of a school project. The assignment involved creating something that would help to solve an everyday problem.
Kylie quickly went to work inventing the backpack design for kids battling cancer, as that’s an ordeal she knows all too well.
When she was 8 years old, Kylie had to endure surgery, chemotherapy and radiation to fight a childhood cancer known as rhabdomyosarcoma.
Years later, she received the assignment and the problem she kept thinking about was dragging around the large I.V. pole and tripping over the tubes and wires with her treatment. She consulted with doctors and nurses to get tips on how to develop an ideal backpack for adolescent cancer patients.
The end result is a success. The backpack has an IV controller display panel, Inner Rod Holder, Velcro Controller Cover and an IV Protector and Carry rod.
Kylie’s bag has received several awards thus far including a patent submission. Her gofundme campaign to develop a working prototype has met the $50,000 goal, and is still climbing.
An 11-year-old girl has come up with a brilliant idea that aims to make life a little easier for young cancer patients. Kylie Simonds is the inventor of a specially designed backpack for children suffering from cancer.
The bag is made to carry IV medication. She developed the appropriately named, IV Pediatric Backpack as part of a school project. The assignment involved creating something that would help to solve an everyday problem.
Kylie quickly went to work inventing the backpack design for kids battling cancer, as that’s an ordeal she knows all too well.
When she was 8 years old, Kylie had to endure surgery, chemotherapy and radiation to fight a childhood cancer known as rhabdomyosarcoma.
Years later, she received the assignment and the problem she kept thinking about was dragging around the large I.V. pole and tripping over the tubes and wires with her treatment. She consulted with doctors and nurses to get tips on how to develop an ideal backpack for adolescent cancer patients.
The end result is a success. The backpack has an IV controller display panel, Inner Rod Holder, Velcro Controller Cover and an IV Protector and Carry rod.
Kylie’s bag has received several awards thus far including a patent submission. Her gofundme campaign to develop a working prototype has met the $50,000 goal, and is still climbing.