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Currently, during an ACL reconstructive surgery, titanium or partially degradable interference screws are used to secure the graft within the femur and tibia. These screws or parts of these screws will remain in the patient’s knee for the rest of his or her life and can cause problems. The current screws are also not conducive for tissue re-growth. It is therefore our client’s desire to develop an interference screw for ACL reconstruction that will promote and foster the growth of surrounding bone tissue, as well as limit any potential problems a patient may incur due to these screws in his or her body.
From L to R: Dana, Joe, Aaron, and Cole.
We have given our final semester presentation to our peers and professors. We are now finishing up the semester by completing our final project paper and discussing future plans with our advisor.
| Week | Reporting Period Beginning | Activities |
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| 1 | January 21 | Met with client to discuss project and established goals. |
| 2 | January 28 | Initial background research and brainstorming. |
| 3 | February 4 | Developed possible design ideas and continued research. |
| 4 | February 11 | Finalized designs and completed the mid-semester presentation. |
| 5 | February 18 | Met with client to discuss design ideas. Finished mid-semester report. |
| 6 | February 25 | Looked into mold development and fabrication. |
| 7 | March 4 | Split up researched tasks and gathered needed information. |
| 8 | March 11 | Research and contacting professor concerning rapid prototyping possibility. |
| 9 | March 18 | Met with client, decided to concentrate on screw design and lab testing, not on mold devolopment. |
| 10 | March 25 | Looked into different testing we could do in the lab to help develop our screw design. Finished a design timeline. |
| 11 | April 1 | Constructed a rough female mold of a screw using plaster and a metal screw. Also made a plug to fit into the mold. |
| 12 | April 8 | Lab work: making plastic threads and testing material adhesions. |
| 13 | April 22 | Created a final semester presentation and presented it to our peers and professors. |
| 14 | April 29 | |
| 15 | May 6 |
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Mid-Semester Presentation (Feb 18 2005, 454 kb) |
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PDS Version 1.1 (Feb 23 2005, 94 kb) |
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Mid-Semester Report (Feb 25 2005, 761 kb) |
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Final Presentation (May 1 2005, 5610 kb) |
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Final Report (May 4 2005, 1341 kb) |
