Team Members:  Traci Fitzharris, Scott Grubb, Monica Sevilla

Capstone Client:  Doug Miniati, MD, Pediatric Surgeon, UCSF

Purpose/Goal:
Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH) leads to lung hypoplasia, abdominal organs migrate into chest and press upon developing lungs. This occurs once in every 2500 births. The team set out to create a device which allows for the oscillation of stretching and latent growth pressure stages in fetal lungs. (i.e. “fetal breathing”).