Course Name: BME Design Team
Tool to Aid Mechanically Difficult Birth
Instrument-assisted vaginal delivery occurs in 7.4% of births in the United States; while it is safer than a cesarean section,...
The PrestoPatch by BeatSync Technologies
The PrestoPatch Integrated Electrode System allays the two major shortcomings of defibrillation and cardioversion: 1) Difficulty in switching the shocking...
Subcutaneous Injection of Therapeutic Monoclonal Antibodies
In order to facilitate subcutaneous delivery of therapeutic monoclonal antibody (mAb) suspensions, we developed Syr-Q, an injection device. Syr-Q resuspends...
ShunTube: IVC Trauma Repair
Trauma injuries to the inferior vena cava (IVC) are a serious, fatal matter with a patient mortality rate that exceeds...
Remote Assessment of Parkinson’s Disease
We are developing a novel system for quantitatively and remotely assessing the severity of Parkinson’s disease (PD) symptoms. Since the...
Point of Care Malaria Diagnostic
To help clinicians in the developing world test for the presence of malaria, we have designed a novel point-of-care diagnostic...
OcuRex: Automated Early Glaucoma Screening
Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible vision loss. Astonishingly, up to 80% of afflicted individuals in developing world nations...
Neo2Inspire: A Global Health Perspective on NeoNatal Resuscitation
Roughly one million newborns die every year due to difficulty breathing at birth, but many of these lives could have...
Instalimb: Prosthesis for the Developing World
Two thousand victims, every month, are maimed by landmines worldwide and 80% of these patients are unable to receive suitable...
HUMS Device: Minimally Invasive Treatment of Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD)
Approximately 10 million Americans have PVD, and the disease affects almost 20 percent of the population over 65 years old....