capstone

Team Members:  Salar Assadian, Rose K. Leu, Brian K. Dang Capstone Client:  Ma Somsouk, M.D, Assistant Professor at UCSF, Medicine/Gastroenterology Purpose/Goal: Current polypectomy snares employed to desiccate polyp tissue are often entrapped in the polyp tissue, making retraction of the snare difficult. To reduce snare entrapment during polypectomy, this project introduced a new snare design to reduce…

Team Members:  Amy Chang, Wynne Chyou, Nickesh Viswanathan, Bryan Williams Capstone Client:  John Stein, M.D. UCSF Asst. Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine; Director, Emergency Ultrasound Purpose/Goal: By engineering a simple, sterile, and efficient device to hold an ultrasound probe steady during line insertions, the medicine innovation introduced here will free up the doctor’s hands so they can dedicate…

Team Members:  Jonathan Chang, Youcef Ouadah, and Daniel Yang Capstone Client:  Cyrill Hornuss, M.D., UCSF research fellow in anesthesiology Purpose/Goal: Lung cancer kills more people worldwide than any other cancer subtype. VOC (volatile organic compound) pattern analysis in exhaled breath is hypothesized to be a reliable strategy for early lung cancer diagnosis. This capstone project created a…

Team Members:  Jeff Kang, Angela Ren, Mia Shanholtzer Capstone Client:  Wilbur Lam, MD, PhD, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, UCSF Purpose/Goal: Obtaining blood samples for laboratory testing is a commonplace medical practice, which can be extremely difficult in some patients (e.g. infants, the elderly & chronically ill). Pre-term infants often subjected to up to 20 painful procedures/day. The team designed…

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…

Team Members:  Cynthia Chuang, David Fanjung, Victor Olivas, Nina Revko Capstone Client:  Wilbur Lam, MD, PhD, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, UCSF Purpose/Goal: Currently there are over 100 million immunizations administered annually. The vaccination process may leave the child in a lot of pain resulting in a tremendous amount of anxiety for the parent. The team designed a system which…

Team Members:  Janna Serbo, Michelle Tsai, Oliver Tilk, Brandon Miller Capstone Client:  Daniel Lim, M.D., PhD., Department of Neurological Surgery, UCSF Purpose/Goal: The team designed a stem cell delivery device that is target specific and does not damage brain tissue. The device should deliver live cells with 1-3 penetrations to 2-7 square centimeters of the putamen, a…

Team Members:  Tina Chan, Tiara Franklin, Roger Lowe Capstone Client:  James Hardy, M.D., UCSF, Emergency Medicine Specialist Purpose/Goal: Electronic manometers offer an accurate and easy-to-read measurement. However, the transducer makes contact with patient blood so it must be disposed of after every patient. The team set out to develop a device to measure central venous pressure for…

Team Members:  Brian Pham, Vinh Ho, Jason Gomez Capstone Client:  Ben Bonham, PhD, Associate Adjunct Professor, Otolaryngology, UCSF Purpose/Goal: According to the FDA 188,000 people around the world received cochlear implants (April, 2009). The benefit of cochlear implant is to help cure deafness. The team developed a system/device that will allow precise insertion of chronic probes into…