Posts by Arleth Avila
2019 The Use of a “Double Rib Splint” to Fixate Rib Fractures Close to the Spine
Team: Carina Hernandez, Kevin Luong, Camille Mercier, Joseph Nguyen, & Eric Wang Client: Joe Forrester, M.D., M.Sc., Clinical Instructor, Surgery (General), Stanford Medical Center About 17 million patients experience rib fractures every year, accounting for about 40% of US hospital trauma admissions. Rib fractures are typically treated with either “medical management” (painkillers), or by securing the fracture…
Read More2019 Automatic Suture Device to Reduce Bleeding in Gastric Bypass Surgery
Team: Mariana Alvarez, Blake Feldmar, Sofia Haile, Manooshree Patel, Brandon Zhang Client: Jonathan Carter, M.D., Associate Professor of Surgery, Bariatric & Gastrointestinal Surgery Programs, Division of General Surgery, UCSF Gastric bypass surgery is often performed using the Endo GIA Universal Stapler, which simultaneously cuts and seals tissue by placing three lines of staples on either side of…
Read More2019 Cardiac Imaging with a Gel Phantom Using MRI Tagging and DENSE
Team: Nikita Bhatia, Geena Kim, Ashna Mangla, Michael Yang Client: Mark Ratcliffe, MD., Professor of Medicine, Surgery, UCSF, and Vicky Wang, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Scholar at UCSF Heart failure is one of the leading causes of death in the United States. MRI is capable of tracking 3D in-vivo cardiac motion using the Displacement Encoding via Stimulated Echoes (DENSE)…
Read More2019 Electronic EEG Syringe for Real Time Observable Contact Impedance
Team: Robert Wilkerson, Justin Lu, Justin Villamor, Kamala Pillai Client: Elizabeth “Beth” Pierce, Lead MRI Specialist, Department of Neurology, UCSF The electroencephalogram (EEG), which reads voltages at specific locations on the participant’s scalp as measurements of brain activity, is an important diagnostic for brain function in both healthy and impaired individuals with conditions including ADHD, Autism, Depression,…
Read More2019 Pathlight: Navigation for Dementia Patients in Indoor Public Spaces
Team: Laurel Nelson, Hannah Tongthaworn, Jacob Szymkowski, Lauryn Jordan Client: Susanne Stadler, Executive Director/Co-Founder of At Home With Growing Older (non-profit organization) “As aging is an inevitable part of life, there is an increasing number of geriatric patients with dementia. The rapid progression and long-term nature of the disease makes care difficult for both patients and their…
Read More2019 Redesigning the ChemoFilter to Fit a Variety of Hepatic Vein Size
Team: Radhika Mardikar, Preethi Bhat, Vikki Qian, Sonya Wong, Tim Li Client: Dr. Steven Hetts, Chief of Interventional Neuroradiology at the UCSF Mission Bay Hospitals “Our project investigated the application of the ChemoFilter within unresectable hepatic tumors. To mitigate patient toxicity during chemotherapeutic treatment of patients with hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC), the ChemoFilter acts to filter out filtering…
Read More2019 Treating Hydrocephalus: The Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt paired with Ultrasonic Cavitation
Team: Lienna Chan, Sasha Demeulenaere, Amanda Fazekas, Christine Giuliano, and Nishi Juthani Client: Sunghoon Kim, M.D, Division of Pediatric Surgery, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland “Hydrocephalus is a serious neurological condition characterized by the accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid in the ventricles of the brain, usually due to blockage of drainage pathways, which can lead to neurologic and…
Read More2019 Design for Patient Mobility During Treatment for Neurological Dysfunction
Team: Hope Balatan, Hanieh Iravanian, Bryant Lu, Natasha Wong Client: Dr. Arash Afshinni, MD; Associate Clinical Professor, UCSF “Paralysis is one of the most common disabilities resulting from ischemic stroke. The level of 1 severity ranges from one-sided weakness (hemiparesis) to one-sided paralysis (hemiplegia). However, most patients experience hemiparesis. Stroke patients with hemiparesis may have difficulty with…
Read More2018 Enhancing MRI/X-Ray Guided Catheterization Procedures
Team: Alicia Auduong, Shaurya Dhingra, Andrew Hu, Roshan Toopal Client: Steven Hetts, MD, Associate Professor in Residence of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, UCSF Problem: In clinical medicine, endovascular therapy—the treatment of cardiovascular disease from inside the blood vessel—has changed the way heart attacks, stroke, and other cardiovascular conditions are being treated. Catheterization even aids targeted delivery of chemotherapeutics.…
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