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Esophageal strictures form in the esophagus from built up scar tissue caused by stomach acid entering the esophagus. A previous group designed a device that can measure both the volume of the esophagus at the stricture and the tissue compliance. The device must now be refined to make it viable for use in a hospital setting. This includes modifying a syringe gun to fit two syringes, measuring the accuracy of the pressure sensors, and continued testing. Simplicity, cost, and patient concern must be taken into account. The end goal is to have a completed device and apply for a patent for the device.
We have advanced the status of this project throughout this semester. Our accomplishments were creating a circuit using LabView that will display real time data in a continuous graph, ordering a new pressure sensor, and showing that our setup for the circuit works correctly. We hope to continue this project by doing more testing with our circuit, eventually testing it on humans, and finally commercializing the product.
| Week | Reporting Period Beginning | Activities |
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| 1 | September 7 | Team roles, contact client |
| 2 | September 14 | Team meeting, Advisory meeting |
| 3 | September 21 | Client meeting, PDS |
| 4 | September 28 | Advisory meeting, finalize PDS, Instrumentation research |
| 5 | October 5 | Begin working on circuit, begin working on Powerpoint Presentation |
| 6 | October 12 | Meeting with Amit Nimunkar, Continued work on circuit, Powerpoint Presentation |
| 7 | October 19 | Midsemester Presentation, Midsemester Report |
| 8 | October 26 | Work in bioinstrumentation lab with Labview. |
| 9 | November 2 | Advisor meeting, LabView work |
| 10 | November 9 | Client meeting, Pressure sensor troubleshooting |
| 11 | November 16 | LabView work |
| 12 | November 23 | LabView work, work on poster, ordered new pressure sensor |
| 13 | November 30 | Work on poster, work with LabView |
| 14 | December 7 | Final poster Presentation |
| 15 | December 14 | Final meeting with advisor, final paper |
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PDS (Oct 5 2007, 54 kb) |
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Midsemester Presentation (Oct 18 2007, 506 kb) |
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Midsemester Report (Oct 24 2007, 150 kb) |
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Final Report (Dec 12 2007, 399 kb) |
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Final Poster Presentation (Dec 19 2007, 2823 kb) |
