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Orthopedic Anti-Plunging With External Cooling Drill System, David Bates, Nick Muro, Olivia Bresett, Laura Wind
Orthopedic Anti-Plunging With External Cooling Drill System, David Bates, Nick Muro, Olivia Bresett, Laura Wind
Honors Theses
There are 22 million orthopedic surgeries performed globally each year and this number is expected to increase by approximately 6 million by 2022. Within many of these operations, surgeons are required to utilize orthopedic drills to properly insert various implants to facilitate healing within the body. Unfortunately, many of these procedures have complications that result in thermal osteonecrosis or bone plunging. These complications cause the death of bone cells due to heat and the loosening of an implant from drilling through the entirety of the bone, respectively. To help prevent these detrimental issues, we seek to redesign the orthopedic drilling …
Device For Affixation Of Rear-Facing Child Restraint System To Ambulance Cot For Non-Emergent Transport, Troy Kohler, Kendall Rogoff, Matthew Miller, Lily Buchanan
Device For Affixation Of Rear-Facing Child Restraint System To Ambulance Cot For Non-Emergent Transport, Troy Kohler, Kendall Rogoff, Matthew Miller, Lily Buchanan
Honors Theses
During motor vehicle travel it is a near-universal practice to transport infants in a rear-facing car seat, formally known as a child restraint system (CRS). Car seats are subject to heavy regulations, extensive testing, and are safe, secure, and familiar environments for infants. The use of a CRS reduces fatalities associated with motor vehicle collisions by up to 71%. Current devices on the market for pre-hospital infant transport are harness-based and do not utilize these car seats. Aversion to use of these harnesses occurs for a variety of reasons. The device becomes visually unattractive after remaining in storage for long …
Device For Affixation Of Rear-Facing Child Restraint System To Ambulance Cot For Non-Emergent Transport, Matthew Miller, Kendall Rogoff, Troy Kohler, Lily Buchanan
Device For Affixation Of Rear-Facing Child Restraint System To Ambulance Cot For Non-Emergent Transport, Matthew Miller, Kendall Rogoff, Troy Kohler, Lily Buchanan
Honors Theses
During motor vehicle travel it is a near-universal practice to transport infants in a rear-facing car seat, formally known as a child restraint system (CRS). Car seats are subject to heavy regulations, extensive testing, and are safe, secure, and familiar environments for infants. The use of a CRS reduces fatalities associated with motor vehicle collisions by up to 71%. Current devices on the market for pre-hospital infant transport are harness-based and do not utilize these car seats. Aversion to use of these harnesses occurs for a variety of reasons. The device becomes visually unattractive after remaining in storage for long …
K-Wire Differentiation, Oluwadamilola Oluwadara, Lillian Maresco, Eunjung Lee, Michelle De Leon
K-Wire Differentiation, Oluwadamilola Oluwadara, Lillian Maresco, Eunjung Lee, Michelle De Leon
Honors Theses
Kirschner Pins, known as K-wires, are smooth sharp stainless steel pins used in the field of orthopedics to stabilize bone fracture fragments in their correct position until they have fully healed. K-wires are most commonly used for comminuted metaphyseal fractures of the long bones, and fractures of smaller bones such as the phalanges. The wires are inserted into bone via a drill and the ends of the wire are bent and left outside of the body for easy removal once the bone has healed. The surgeon uses x-ray images to guide K-wire insertion, ensure proper internal alignment, and determine if …
Pediatric Pulse Oximeter For Low Resource Countries, Celina Francis, Alexandra Kucinski, Lara Atalay, Saniyah Dar, Fatima Shaat
Pediatric Pulse Oximeter For Low Resource Countries, Celina Francis, Alexandra Kucinski, Lara Atalay, Saniyah Dar, Fatima Shaat
Honors Theses
In Sub-Saharan Africa, 1 in 5 children are admitted to the hospital due to below average levels of oxygen in the blood caused by respiratory illnesses such as pneumonia. Other acute lower respiratory infections account for 1.4 million deaths annually in low resource areas. Pulse oximetry is commonly used to measure oxygen saturation levels, specifically for those with compromised respiratory conditions, to make sure that enough oxygen is being transported to the extremities. Low resource countries face many challenges to access pulse oximeters, mainly due to cost and durability of the device. This lack of oximeters decreases the ability to …