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Spring 2007 BME Design Projects

BME 201

• Feet holder for CT scanners*
• Engineering World Health (EWH) Project - Aspirator
• Portable instrumentation to detect gait instabilities*
• Field measurement of running impacts
• Leg ergometer for human exercise blood flow studies
• Interpenetrating networks for delivery systems
• Device to improve diagnostic yield of fine needle aspiration*
• Neck extender/flexor to facilitate fluoroscopic examination of obtunded patient
• Creation of a surgical breast pedicle dissector for breast reduction safety
• Permanently implantable inductive ICP monitor*
• Bioreactor for tissue engineering
• A device to apply a coating on tissue samples for MALDI imaging
• Design of a heating pad for a microPET/CT scanner
• Active ankle/foot orthotic (AFO) to enhance walking and balance

BME 301

• Device for acute rehabilitation of the paretic hand after stroke*
• An auto-suture device for nasal surgery
• Sensory substitution device for hearing impairment
• Laparoscopic banding device
• Arm holder for cardiac CT scans
• Engineering World Health (EWH) Project - Pressure Meter*
• Assembling and computerizing an indirect calorimeter
• Adjustable arm for holding an ultrasound probe for peripheral nerve blocks
• Networked GPS-enabled metered-dose inhaler to support real-time mapping of asthma exacerbations*

BME 402

• National Design Competition: Accessible powerassist hospital bed back angle controller*
• Microencapsulation of tissues and cells for treatment of hormone-related diseases
• A computer controlled piston pump for small animal ventilation during respiratorygated hyperpolarized gas MRI
• Enhanced safety and visualization for endoscopic sinus surgery*
• Development of nonthrombogenic coatings for devices
• MR-compatible device for imaging the lower extremity during movement and under load*
• Testing system for pressure sensitive cardiovascular catheter
• Medical prosthetics for plastic surgery
• Using technology to measure adherence of complicated medication regimens

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