Our team is seeking to design an endovascular shunt system for treating obstructive hydrocephalus. Hydrocephalus occurs when cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) builds up in the brain’s ventricles, and puts pressure on the brain. This restricts blood flow and can cause damage to the brain tissue. Current treatments are highly invasive and are largely ineffective in treating…

Intravenous (IV) catheters provide an essential means for rapid, controlled drug delivery directly into the bloodstream, yet they also pose a serious risk of catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs). CRBSIs represent a significant clinical challenge, leading to patient complications, increased healthcare costs, and longer hospital stays. With a substantial market size of approximately USD 8.6 billion…

Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disorder affecting over 50 million people worldwide. Current methods for monitoring and diagnosing epilepsy are conducted through EEG data collection and manual analysis in a clinical setting. This method can be both stressful and costly for patients as well as time-consuming and inefficient for clinicians. Our team aims to produce…

Existing market solutions for breast lesion localization primarily rely on invasive devices, which can cause considerable patient discomfort and raise safety concerns among healthcare providers. These invasive options often require multiple clinic visits and involve procedures that are inconvenient and, sometimes, distressing for patients. Our solution proposes a non-invasive device that uses a controlled magnetic…

This Capstone project focuses on a soft robotic elbow brace designed to treat spasticity in patients in stroke rehabilitation therapy. It delivers real-time muscle data to occupational therapists while straightening the forearm and hand muscles. Spasticity, characterized by muscle stiffness and involuntary contractions, presents a major barrier to recovery for stroke patients, affecting both comfort…

Precision Phantoms addresses the gap in medical device calibration and validation for processing as well as in preclinical trials by creating biomimetic phantoms using composite solid gels as the foundational material that simulate the electrical, thermal and anatomical properties of human tissues. These phantoms aid accurate testing and calibration of energy-based medical devices for diagnostic…

The flexible MRI coil blanket is a novel imaging device designed to enhance the comfort and diagnostic precision of breast imaging. Traditional MRI systems rely on rigid coils that can be uncomfortable and poorly suited for certain anatomies, leading to suboptimal imaging quality and patient dissatisfaction. Our concept addresses this gap by creating a flexible,…

Our project focuses on developing a neurosurgical smart drill to enhance precision and safety during craniotomies. Current drills in the market encounter issues such as overheating at the drill site leading to damage of neural tissue, loss of drill control due to plunging has risks of thermal necrosis leading to severe patient injury. To address…

The BioSpringTM offers a millimeter-scale, biocompatible spring with high compressibility and load-bearing capacity, enhancing the linear range of motion and providing consistent passive force to promote bone growth in the context of numerous orthopedic implants. This unique double-walled polymeric design, combining a shape-stabilizing outer mesh with an elastic inner material, enables structural elasticity in one…

Post-anoxic coma happens after a patient suffers from a cardiac arrest event due to lack of oxygen to the individual’s brain. Outcomes of this condition range from full cognitive recovery to different levels of cognitive disability, and in some cases death. These patients are put into the ICU where the patient is constantly observed and…