Senior Design Teams
Medpack
Aakarsh Gundu
Becky Renfrow
Dante Tomaino
Rachel Sides
Riley Mann
An EMS medical device designed to innovate the current treatment of pneumothorax through the addition of safer and more stable components. The current market solution comes from an adaptation of an IV catheter that is not designed to match the full needs of the procedure. Our device contains additions to the current device that protect patient and provider safety and improve the efficiency of airflow and catheter stability. This device targets the EMS market as an in-transport device for emergency medicine. This device offers 3 critical innovations to the procedure while maintaining a comparable price to the current device.
WolfPack Bioventures
Ashlesha Mirajkar
Nathanael Patton
Brian Hua
Robert Kobrin
Mason Hon
Nicole Baugh
Lukas Vainorius
Wolfpack BioVentures is developing a rapid indicator test assay kit that is capable of predicting the outcome of a guinea pig maximization test (ISO standard 10993-10) with a high level of accuracy. This novel solution will lead to greater accuracy in predicting the results of guinea pig maximization tests, resulting in greater efficiency and a reduction in the number of guinea pigs sacrificed for sensitization testing.
Sternocleidomastoid
Nabil Chedid
Lakshitha Kaleyanda
Andrew Hamel
Brenna Walsh
Payton Reyes
Team Sternocleidomastoid is pioneering a medical device merging a nasolacrimal stent retrieval system with an otoscope-compatible attachment. This innovation enhances visualization and precision for treating nasolacrimal duct obstructions, promising a minimally invasive approach. Our goal is to revolutionize ophthalmic intervention, reducing surgery time and increasing accuracy. Through interdisciplinary collaboration and patient-focused design, we strive to set new standards in nasolacrimal duct treatment.
CreatiCare
Karissa Hoover
Emma Apostolova
Michelle Dixit
Amy Henderson
Kayley Bina
Sabrina Miller
CreatiCare is dedicated to improving testing accessibility for chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. Our point of care diagnostic device puts power back in the hands of the patient by allowing for convenient monitoring of creatinine levels and kidney function from home, eliminating the need for travel to hospitals or labs. By allowing for testing at a local pharmacy or even at home, our device also facilitates participation in clinical trials and treatments that may be otherwise inaccessible. With these streamlined testing procedures, CreatiCare aims to improve CKD management and contribute to better patient outcomes for all.
AES
Abel Abraham
Matthew Bunn
William Corley
Jun Ikeda
AES is developing an attachment for tracheostomies to clear mucus plugging, which reduces hypoxic events in nonventilator dependent pediatric tracheostomy patients, and lowers the necessary frequency of cleaning by parents and caretakers.
NeoHealth Tech
Graham Bass
Seth Doyle
Alex Martjuchin
Amber Miles
John Monroe
NeoHealth Tech is developing a new medical device called the EpiPro for procedures that require epidural anesthesia. The aim of this device is to minimize procedure time and offer a more reliable indication than current methods, which depend on less effective tactile indications and administrator experience. Furthermore, use of the device will lead to less residual health complications. This device attaches to epidural needles and includes a flexible membrane that deforms under epidural space pressure conditions. This deformation visually indicates to the administrator when the needle has entered the epidural space.
Goldyn
Christian Nightingale
James Wright IV
Robbie Wilson
Michael Cotton
Goldyn is developing an adjustable, vibrational device to stimulate muscles in the upper limbs of patients struggling with mobility following a stroke. This device provides vibrational stimulation to individual muscle groups to stimulate muscle contraction and improve mobility in the arm and shoulder. This solution will improve at-home therapy and healing following a stroke.
VecTar
Sara Meehan
Edgar Kong
Hannon Brown
Lammis Hammouda
Awab Masroor
VecTar is developing an at-home sample collection kit for the collection of menstrual blood, which offers an alternative to Pap smears for the diagnosis of women's health conditions. The device will allow for the collection of menstrual blood that can be used to diagnose women’s health related conditions such as human papillomavirus (HPV), but can also be used to diagnose and monitor other blood analytes and conditions such as anemia. The novel solution will lead to a decrease in avoidance within women's health screening practices to less than 11% in female populations aged 21-65.
TuffTech Medical
Avanti Panajkar
Jeffrey Langley
Jamie English
Anusha Samal
Maya Rana
Laura Dugan
Beth Gaffney
TuffTech Medical is developing an inflatable single-use barrier intended for use in high-risk infectious disease inter-facility transport cases. This novel solution reduces the time and complexity of preparing an ambulance for such transport cases, while protecting ambulance surfaces and emergency transport personnel from airborne pathogens.
HeelGenix Biosciences
Zach Azevedo
Steve Vorobiov
Tyler Gilbert
Will Frickhoeffer
HeelGenix Biosciences is developing a see-through hydrogel wound dressing that allows visibility of the wound at the donor site of autograft skin graft patients in order to control moisture, manage pain, and promote faster healing. This novel solution will lead to faster healing rates, decrease the risk of infection, decrease the risk of long-term scarring, and decrease the frequency of wound dressing changes.
BIXY
Benson Le
Ike Keku
Xinyi Li
Maya Yin
BIXY is developing a multi-layer thermoregulation pad to prevent newborn hypothermia, a common cause of surgery complications and death for newborns. Infants and newborns are susceptible to perioperative hypothermia because of their body size and underdeveloped thermoregulation system. This novel solution aims to help newborns maintain their normal body temperature during the delivery and other surgical processes by closely monitoring the heat delivery. This product can provide a way to safely and comfortably deliver heat to the patient without interfering with surgical procedures.
AACREES
Anjana Pranavi
Alexa Jimenez Escribano
Caroline Fox
Sachi Marshall
Elizabeth Byrnes
Emily Day
Reya Patel
The AACREES team is aiming to improve the current design of an endometrial biopsy collection tool. To do so, the device will integrate a controllable articulating joint, an innovative brush retrieval design, and varying length manipulation in relation to the patients anatomical dimensions. These components are necessary to maneuver through the vaginal and cervical canals while minimizing pain, and collecting the tissue specimen.
Advanced Recovery Solutions
Carter Gamble
Albi Ayala
Alex Knight
Andrew Page
Emma Hinkle
Joe Parisi
Jordan Womack
Advanced Recovery Solutions is developing a diagnostic device for prosthetic clinicians, aimed at optimizing the fit of lower-limb prosthetics. By incorporating sensor technology, the device will detect areas of high pressure where the patient's residual limb meets the prosthetic and intuitively display the points to clinicians for easy interpretation. This data will enable clinicians to alleviate high pressure points, facilitating targeted adjustments for creating customized, comfortable prosthetics tailored to each patient's unique needs.
Biofusion
Muskan Aslam
Molly Gallaher
Vicky Olechowski
Alexia Cash
Yameng Cai
Daniel Chance
Adam Kaiser
Killian Smith
Biofusion is developing a silicone implant to support the amniotic sac to prevent pre-term labor in women suffering from cervical insufficiency. This implant will be paired with a cerivcal ring to close the cervix from the outside as a form of additional support. This device replaces the existing solution involving a cervical cerclage suture which is not only invasive but can also result in infection and tissue lacerations. This novel solution provides external and internal support to prevent pre-term labor in complicated pregnancies and will help prevent delivery issues in patients with insufficient cervixes.
BroncoBio
Bella Allara
Keely Murphy
Nate Lopus
Jacob Wise
Lauren Chi
BroncoBio is developing a device to prevent oral contact with horse bile in equine veterinarians during equine colic procedures. The device will allow veterinarians to maintain the same current colic treatment procedure while preventing them from being exposed to pathogens, parasites, and toxins.
Thrive Labs
Shikha Saxena
Bailey Mccachren
Jenevieve Surkin
SK Doherty
Priyash Hafiz
Thrive Labs is developing a wearable device for people with Parkinson's Disease who experience gait instability. This groundbreaking solution utilizes a visual cueing system to prompt the user to take a step forward and provides positive affirmation when they do. Its potential as a training device can help people who have Parkinson disease to slow the physical manifestations of the neurodegenerative disease by managing gait instability, and in turn, reducing the risk of falling.
TarHeal Solutions
Akhila Krothapalli
Emily Stein
Geneva Bostian
Gina Palazzolo
Ishan Nadgauda
TarHeal Solutions is developing an adjustable pressure cuff for the abdomen of colonoscopy patients, which ensures that the colon will not loop and distend while the colonscope passes through. This novel solution will minimize injuries among colonoscopy staff that have to manually apply this pressure.
WiS Solutions
Tina Ghashghaei
Stephanie Gomez-Palacios
Brooke Ireland
WiS Solutions is innovating a new intrauterine device (IUD) specifically designed for women with heavy menstruation experiencing complications related to displacement, a rare but significant issue with current IUDs on the market. Research indicates that approximately 10% of women with an IUD encounter expulsion of the device, which can have serious consequences such as loss of fertility. WiS Solutions is committed to addressing this problem by developing a non-hormonal copper IUD that is uniquely expandable and compressible to fit each individual uterus. This innovative solution has the potential to revolutionize contraception, offering a promising future for women's reproductive health.
Neurobalance
Carly Rauch
Alex Patton
Elena Fernandez
Rachel Gentile
Claire Howes
NeuroBalance is creating an assistive hand device for stroke patients experiencing spasticity, with the goal of improving their ability to reopen their hand and extend their fingers. This device will improve their ability to perform grasping tasks, and allow them to regain their independence.
Bio-CASE
Claire Chao
Aneesa Salahuddin
Spencer Higgins
Emma Sawyer
Bio-CASE has developed a trimmable wedge that is to be used with current treatment methods by burn units to maintain finger separation and provide pressure to the interdigital spaces. Through this, the occurrence of webbing of the interdigital spaces will decrease in intensity and frequency while mobility post-recovery will increase in patients suffering from third and some second-degree hand burns.
VISION
Stacy Ban
Adam Castiller
Varun Kochar
Kevin Lima
Through traditional physical therapy (PT), athletes lack exposure to game speed scenarios they may encounter when they return to sport (RTS). This leads to hesitations and a lack of confidence once they return to the field. These factors are large contributors to reinjury and reduced performance after RTS. With the recent innovations in virtual reality (VR) technology, VISION aims to break down the barrier between PT and RTS.
EmpowerMed Solutions
Laura Griffin
Rachel Morris
Jocelyn Reynolds
Hannah Baker
Courtney Rogers
Katie Taran
Tali Jones
EmpowerMed Solutions is developing a solution for wound closure following cesarean section surgery, specifically in the closure of adipose tissue in higher BMI patients. Our solution utilizes barbed suture technology combined with a hydrogel sheath to provide increased dexterity and efficiency when using a continuous suturing technique on the adipose tissue. Additionally, the barbed suture will improve wound stability during the healing process. Ergonomically friendly in use, the novel device intends to promote quicker healing while reducing the likelihood of an incision re-opening.
LevoPoint
Ameen Zafiruddin
Luke Shehee
Micah Baldonado
Rohan Vora
Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is characterized by the degeneration of dopamine-producing neurons in the brain, resulting in slowness and tremors. Levodopa is a first-line treatment that is administered through the blood, where it enters the brain and converts dopamine, improving symptoms. Unfortunately, the therapeutic range for effective levodopa dosage varies as the disease progresses. As such, a method for monitoring levodopa levels is necessary to maintain therapeutic effectiveness. LevoPoint is developing a point-of-care levodopa sensing kit that allows clinicians to immediately and repeatedly measure levodopa levels. No device like this exists on the market, but with our proprietary enzyme technology, we will reshape the way PD is treated.
Heka Medical
Angelina Vasselli
D'Artagnan Otto-Meyer
Jesse Carr
Jillian Jessup
Parker Watson
Samantha Watson
Elijah Buckles
Heka Medical is developing a Nasogastric (NG) Tube with detection capabilities via RFID. Used for administering nutrition and medication, as well as decompressing the stomach, improper placement of NG tubes into the trachea can often lead to patient complications involving aspiration of the lungs. Our device assists the nurse in guiding the NG tube through the correct patient anatomy for seamless functioning within the body.
Gliocision
Ava Cohen
Anushka Deshmukh
Pooja Shah
Eli Walton
Gliocision is developing a novel treatment for patients diagnosed with glioblastoma. It is an implantable chemotherapy loaded hydrogel that allows for sustained treatment over several weeks following tumor removal surgery. It employs a local delivery mechanism which limits off target toxicity, reducing the side effects observed from current systemic treatment. This delivery profile thus enables the hydrogel to expose cancerous cells to more chemotherapy than they would see under systemic treatment, leading to increased five-year survival rates for patients.
G.Dev
Audrey Politowicz
Anne Elise Norris
Ethan Loeffelholz
Kaiwen Chen
Miguel Antonio Ruiz
Zoe Schoales
G. Dev is developing a device to aid surgeons in the insertion of cochlear implants, in order to minimize the risk of trauma to the cochlear canal. This device will decrease the incidence of loss of residual hearing during cochlear implantation.
BioMech Fusion
Jonathan Lambert
Adrian Aligwekwe
Philip Roberson
Raed Naim
Ryan Anderson
Robert Samaskeawicz
BioMech Fusion is developing a handheld air-puff tonometer that is both portable and easy to use by medical professionals. The device targets primary care practices with the goal of being implemented into routine physical check-ups. If successful, this device will increase the amount of times people will get their intraocular pressure checked on a yearly basis, therefore increasing screening for optical diseases such as glaucoma.
BioFuture
Sesha Patel
John Kurz
Jacob Glazer
BioFuture is developing a endoscope dial attachment to make endoscopy procedures easier to perform for surgeons. Surgeons with smaller hands often face discomfort and injury using endoscopes due to the large and inconvenient dials. BioFuture's external attachment fits to a variety of models and will make endoscope use more intuitive and comfortable.
Captio Innovations
Adaliene Andsager
Hasan Dheyaa
Varad Gurude
William McLain
Tian Wang
Captio Innovations is committed to advancing epilepsy management by focusing on the early detection and prevention of Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP). Our cutting-edge approach involves harnessing advanced technology to monitor specific biological cues associated with epileptic seizures. Through the development of state-of-the-art seizure prediction medical software, we aim to provide healthcare professionals and individuals with epilepsy the tools they need to anticipate and mitigate the risk of SUDEP. By leveraging real-time data analysis and predictive algorithms, our solution empowers proactive interventions, potentially saving lives and improving the overall quality of life for those affected by epilepsy.
MediKinetic Engineering Systems
Sam Baxter
Madeline Dudley
Emma Grace Johnson
Kennedy Knight
Kaelyn Nelson
Sydney Schwartz