2008 Cerumen Removal

Team Members:  Ye Qiu, Atul Saxena & Eric Stone

Capstone Client:  Wilbur Lam, MD, PhD, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, UCSF

Purpose/Goal:
The cerumen removal process can be completed by a pediatrician/family doctor for an ear infection for pediatric patients. The team set out to design a device that would allow for an accurate diagnosis of an ear infection with minimal infliction of harm because current methods are unsatisfactory.

2008 pediatric medicine prototype