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Development Of An Intraperitoneal Catheter Placement Device For Use On The Battlefield, Riley Reynolds
Development Of An Intraperitoneal Catheter Placement Device For Use On The Battlefield, Riley Reynolds
Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
The objective of this project was to simplify peritoneal cavity access so an Airforce field medic can safely infuse oxygen microbubbles (OMBs) into the intraperitoneal space for the emergency treatment of hypoxia due to lung damage. To solve this problem, we created an intraperitoneal catheter placement device for use on the battlefield. The three common methods and some of the most common devices for peritoneal cavity access were reviewed. Injury frequencies for each of the three methods were analyzed. The results showed that each of the access techniques gives a similar rate of iatrogenic injury.
The battlefield conditions where the …