Course Name: BME Design Team
CytoBloom Biopsy
The cholangiocarcinoma patient population represents 4.6% of cancer deaths in the United States annually with a 17.5% post-diagnostic 5-year survival...
Novel convection-enhanced delivery of neuro-oncology medications via a customized clear cranial implant
Convection-enhanced delivery (CED) is a promising technique that generates a pressure gradient at the tip of an infusion catheter to...
MODS Classifier
More than a quarter of children admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit have or go on to develop pediatric...
Cast Loosening in Fracture Management
Need Statement: There is a need for a method to reduce the loosening of casts that occurs due to shrinkage...
Touch Contamination
In the US, hemodialysis is the standard of care for adults with end-stage kidney disease, but most children receive at-home...
Suturectomy
In normal infants, the major pieces of the cranial bones are not fused together in order to allow the brain...
Brain Retraction
Surgical resection of deep brain lesions requires careful planning and execution to avoid iatrogenic neurological injury. Brain retractor systems have...
Hearing loss screener
Hearing loss is prevalent in the United States, with around 1 in 5 Americans over the age of 12 having...
Transforming Mobility in the Pediatric ICU
Traditionally, clinicians keep children in critical condition in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) constrained to their beds. However, extended...
Malfunction detection in ventriculoperitoneal shunts
Hydrocephalus is the buildup of cerebrospinal fluid in the ventricular system that must be flushed out, or it will cause...
VR Training
Fellows and medical students need a risk-free way to practice high-stake surgical procedures in order to boost trainee confidence and...
Biosealant Delivery
A fistula is defined as an abnormal connection between two organs. Some examples of common fistulas include ones formed in...
Stoma Shmoma!
Current feeding tube attachments are designed to sit between the inside of the stomach wall and the surface of the...
Spinal Cord Injury
Acute spinal cord injury (SCI) is presented in two phases – primary phase of mechanical trauma and secondary phase, chronic,...
Sapana Health
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), the intermittent cessation of breathing during sleep, affects roughly 22 million Americans. Untreated OSA is associated...
CottInSight
Neurosurgical operations are intensive medical procedures that often last several hours, during which the surgeon must be intensely focused to...
EchO2
Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a condition which results in reduced blood perfusion (blood flow) to the legs. 600,000 PAD...
Breast Cancer Biopsy in Low-Resource Settings
The incidence of breast cancer in South Africa is approximately 35 per 100,000 people, with a five-year survival rate of...
Endosight
Colonoscopies are routine, low-risk procedures that are used to screen patients for diseases like colorectal cancer. However, in low cost...
PediaCORE
For the 400,000 children in the United States suffering from cerebral palsy (CP), everyday activities requiring physical mobility can be...
Protek+
Of the 15.2% of Americans with chronic kidney disease (CKD), over 700,000 have kidneys that have deteriorated to the point...
ObstetriCare
Over two million women in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia suffer from the debilitating effects of an obstetric fistula. This abnormal...
epiX
The standard length of epidural needles, three-and-a-half inches, is suitable for patients with a normal body mass index (BMI). However,...
FlowMate
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease affecting 25 million Americans, including seven million children. Current treatments include anti-inflammatory drugs delivered...
Talaris Health
Hydrocephalus, a neurological condition that affects approximately 700,000 Americans over the age of 60, results from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) build-up...
Benegraft
Rhinoplasties are procedures in which plastic surgeons augment or reduce structures of the nose to resolve functional and aesthetic issues....
MonitOR
During an operation, the surgical team must keep track of the number of items used during the procedure to ensure...
SymMEDtry
Over 300,000 total hip replacements, also called total hip arthroplasties (THAs), are performed annually; this number is expected to rise...
PostOptix
Free flap breast reconstruction is a procedure in which a plastic surgeon reconstructs the breast by completely removing tissue from...
Endoscopic Endonasal Skull Base Surgery
Endoscopic endonasal skull base surgery (EESBS) is a minimally-invasive surgical procedure used to treat pathologies of the skull base, the...