Course Name: BME Design Team
comPLEX Dx: A Novel Device Corroborating Novel Biochemistry and Electronic Detectable into a Multiplexed Lateral Flow Pathogen Sensor for Efficient Detection of Respiratory Diseases
The inability to diagnose respiratory pathogens with overlapping symptomologies quickly and efficiently accounts for 18% of infant mortality annually. In...
Improving Robotic Surgery Training
Robotic surgery is a rapidly growing field, offering myriad benefits to patients, including minimized scarring and shortened recovery time.1 While...
iMEDS: Automated Sedation Assessment in the PICU
Among 250,000 children receiving pediatric critical care in the United States annually, more than 90% receive sedatives. Of these, 42%...
Better Patient Securement during IR Procedures
With the rise of obesity in the United States, it is imperative that the healthcare system is adapted to safely...
Eliminating Repeat Procedures to Treat Biliary Strictures
A biliary stricture is an abnormal narrowing of the bile duct which impedes bile flow, usually caused by a surgical...
Capnography for Resource-Limited Health Care Environments
Healthcare providers must ensure patient breathing before, during, and after all medical procedures. However, an estimated 45% of global intubations...
Stabilizing Drill Guides Used in ACL Reconstruction to Improve Surgical Efficiency
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears are common injuries among the general population, often requiring surgical reconstruction to restore knee stability...
PreSlice: Depth Guide for Skin Biopsies
Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer. Though highly treatable in its earlier stages, survival rates drop significantly once...
Improving Access to Cervical Cancer Screening Using Rapid, Point-of-care, User-friendly miRNA Biomarker Assays
According to the WHO, cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women. In addition, according to NCBI, it...
CollAIR: Design and Evaluation of an Airway Positioning Device for Sedative Surgery
During sedation surgery, patients may have slower, shallower breathing due to anesthesia’s sedative effects. The combination of the effects of...
LymphaLock: A Retractable Securement Device for Lymphangiography
Some patients present with leakages of lymphatic fluid as a consequence of iatrogenic damage to the lymph nodes and vessels...
Designing a Novel Port System to Reduce Membrane Rupture in Fetal Therapy Procedures
Fetal therapy is a minimally invasive endoscopic procedure performed on a pregnant person to surgically correct prenatal birth defects with...
AptaTech: Biomarker-Based Stroke Detection
During an ischemic stroke, every minute that there is insufficient perfusion to the brain increases the risk of permanent neurological...
KneeHab
The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in the knee joint constrains the anterior translation of the tibia relative to the femur....
VentrAlarm: Post-Operative Monitoring of Ventral Hernia Repairs
Ventral hernias (VHs) involve a rupture in the anterior abdominal wall, allowing viscera to extrude from the abdominal cavity into...
TBI-Flow: Point of Care Traumatic Brain Injury Diagnosis
Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBIs) impact approximately 2.8 million Americans annually, in which treatment pathways are determined by severity classification. Current...
CogniCap: When is a Doctor Competent?
Assessing procedural skill, the ability to perform important and often complex procedures, is crucial in medicine. However, the accepted standard...