Team Members:
Trixia Dela Rosa, Natalie Guzman, Emma Lieberman, Antara Sira, Jennifer Smetanick
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Sponsors or Mentors:
Dr. Jose Maria Reynaldo Apollo Arquiza
DRUG RELEASE INTELLIGENCE PIPELINE, a Smart IV Drip Medication Router
Critically ill hospital patients often need multiple intravenous (IV) medications and blood products administered to them quickly. We developed the Drug Release Intelligence Pipeline (DRIP) to safely combine multiple compatible medications down to one IV. This device verifies drug compatibility and combines them, to streamline the process of introducing a new medication to a trauma patient.
Wearable Haptic Feedback System for Prevention of Repetitive Strain Injuries in Endoscopists
This device is designed to be used as a training device for novice and/or new endoscopists to ensure ergonomically safe maneuvers during a procedure and prevent overuse injuries, Endoscopy Related Injury (ERI) and Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSD) such as Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. The device will monitor wrist flexion and extension and ensure that the user stays within a healthy range of motion by providing haptic feedback to the user to indicate if they exceed the defined range.
Team Members:
Evan McQueen, Alex Sedlack, Ivan Tonido, Calvin Huang
Sponsors or Mentors:
Dr. Marco Santello; Dr. Robert Sedlack
Team Members:
Ala Alawami, Abdullah Albayati, Ami Asodji, Derek Busch, Seth Petri
Hypoptrode: Human Brain Stimulation Targeting the Hypothalamus
The need we seek to target is the treatment of metabolic disorders. The hypothalamic circuitry of the brain is the primary control for metabolic functions. Our device seeks to work in conjunction with the Channelrhodopsin-2 protein to control neural activity, and be easily implantable into the hypothalamus region of the human brain while at the same time being as minimally invasive as possible, as to not disrupt patient lifestyle and increase the quality of life of the patient.
Sponsors or Mentors:
Dr. Bradley Greger, Dr. Chelsea Faber
A Novel, Hand-Held, Fast, Small Volume Blood Diagnostic Device to Correlate Biomarkers with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s Disease
Nearly 44 million people worldwide suffer from Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), a progressive, neurodegenerative disease that destroys memories and critical brain functions. Currently, there are no standardized nor portable devices on the market to measure MGO, which is a limitation to assess its potential in treating AD. Alz-BioSs™ aims to help diagnose and then monitor MCI and AD during the MCI precursor phase to provide patients a greater chance for effective treatments.
Team Members:
Haley Ellis, Jason Mayo, Sean Stanek, Jennifer Wong
Sponsors or Mentors:
Dr. Apollo Arquiza, Dr. Jessica Weaver, Dr. Nicole Herbots
Team Members:
Candace Pless, Gabriella Estrada, Keiry Rodriguez, Fabiha Firoz, Anwar Gadhi
EMIT - Male Contraceptive
EMIT is an non-hormonal, and biodegradable hydrogel male contraceptive that blocks and alters sperm motility in the vas deferens.
Sponsors or Mentors:
Jessica Weaver, PhD - SBHSE James Smith, MD MS - UCSF Russell Hayden, MD - SGF
Improvement of Balloon Atrial Septostomy for Patients Born with Transposition of the Great Arteries
Transposition of the great arteries (TGA) is a congenital birth defect in which the aorta and pulmonary arteries are switched resulting in oxygenated blood delivered to the lungs and deoxygenated blood delivered to the body which results in cyanosis. The current balloon atrial septostomy procedure (BAS) is insufficient due to its large size, low visibility, and inefficiency of first-time use. The Hole Hearts’ HH-4 atrioseptostomy catheter facilitates one time use to ensure optimal expansion of the foramen ovale with a low profile to minimize risk of adverse events compared to competitors.
Team Members:
Lauren Baker, Kayla Charles, Ronin Komarnisky, Haley Strauss, Brycelyn Whitman
Sponsors or Mentors:
Sara Belko and Dr. Mehdi Nikkhah
Team Members:
Karson Pooler, Mohamed Sorkati, Eddie Aparicio
WHE.E.E.L: Effective, Efficient, Ethical
There is no current exercise equipment that allows wheelchair-bound individuals to easily analyze their workout properly. Our device would record and calculate the efficiency of propulsion for any given patient. The device would then tell the patient possible suggestions to increase their efficiency.
Sponsors or Mentors:
Dr. Pamela Rogers Bosch, Dr. Benjamin Connor, and Dr. Sydney Schaefer
EEG Software Add-On for Monitoring of Status Epilepticus
Our goal was to design a software that detects and monitors status epilepticus through EEG data analysis. We developed algorithms to preprocess EEG data, extract and classify features, and display them to physicians on a user interface in real-time. Our product will be used by epileptologists and neurologists in epilepsy monitoring units to minimize the need of continuously and manually monitoring EEG data from multiple patients.
Sponsors or Mentors:
Dr. Leon Iasemidis, Dr. Noah Hutson, Dr. Susan Herman, Megan Thomas
Team Members:
Nyah Kshatriya, Aubrey Berger, Lauren Everett, Margarito Hernandez Fuentes
Team Members:
Brian Aguilar, Kiera Fleck, Aditya Lankalapalli, Ian Salgado, Kassidy Wallace
Sponsors or Mentors:
Dr. Todd Abruzzo, Dr. Rosalind Sadleir
Patient Positioning Guide for Neuroendovascular Surgery
Optimal patient positioning for image guided neuroendovascular surgery requires the head to be centered and neutrally oriented in the imaging field of view, taking into consideration the rotational arc of the fluoroscopic C-arm so that collisions are avoided. In practice, multiple cycles of fluoroscopically guided repositioning cause unnecessary radiation exposure and delay procedure start times by up to 30 minutes. The LASE-ALIGN by team Permeating Thoughts allows for a 10-minute average positioning time without radiation exposure, ample track width (30cm), height (30cm), and length (55cm) accommodations for pediatric and adult patients, a device mass of 4kg, and reliable positioning of the head to zero degrees of tilt and rotation.
Discovering a Suite of Optogenetic Promoters for Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Our device, blueGENES, and the corresponding plasmid kit are adapted for laboratory use to simplify the process of tuning optogenetic promoters to a desired wavelength. The phage-assisted continuous directed evolution system can maintain cell culture conditions at a constant turbidity using a laser sensor, produce light of varying intensities at wavelengths of 520 nm, 490 nm, and 465 nm, and use magnetic fans to control stir bars; directed evolution of an optogenetic construct indicated a heightened response to the desired wavelength.
Team Members:
JohnPaul Ciccosanti, Spencer Hauxhurst, Michelle Tieu, Nikolai Shteinman, Margaret Cook
Sponsors or Mentors:
Benjamin Bartelle
Team Members:
Kaprao Fuegner, Prashanth Aritharan, Tae Gyeong Kim
Sponsors or Mentors:
Olivia Burnsed, Thi Tran
Self Cleaning Trocar/Laparoscopic Port Add-On For Surgical Camera Lens
During Laparoscopic surgery, the laparoscope camera lens can be dirtied by surrounding blood and tissue. To clean the lens, surgeons have to pull out the entire laparoscope from the body and clean it manually, increasing surgery times as well as cost. We, Add-On, invented LapoClean, an add-on compartment to a trocar allowing the surgeon to clean the laparoscopic lens without fully removing it from the trocar/body.
Portable Inverted Microscope for Digital Immunoassay of Cardiac Troponin
We have created a portable inverted microscopy system which performs digital immunoassays using gold nanoparticles for the quantification of cardiac troponin. Troponin is the most effective biomarker used in diagnosing myocardial infarction (also known as a heart attack). Key features of our device are its autofocus capability, motorized stage positioning system, automated image processing algorithm, portability, and usability at the patient’s bedside.
Team Members:
Emma Petersen, Sean Tucker, Sonja Brett, Natalie Stevens, Tor Christian Tjorhom
Sponsors or Mentors:
Dr. Shaopeng Wang, ASU Biodesign Institute
Team Members:
Scott Stevens, Talia Hertzberg, Cory Smith
Laparscopic Lung Decortication Device
Libre Lung seeks to develop a laparascopic surgical device that aids in lung decortication, making it easier, more efficient, and less risky for surgeons to perform operations on targeted patients.
Sponsors or Mentors:
Dr. Olivia Burnsed
Localized Oxygen Wound Delivery System
O24U is currently developing the HyperOxymer, a localized oxygen delivery system to address cost, accessibility, and duration of oxygen delivery, major problems within current treatment. Compared to normal wound bandages (21% O2), the HyperOxymer has the ability to deliver up to 60% O2. It also has the ability to deliver oxygen for 24 hours, up to 24 times longer than traditional hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT).
Sponsors or Mentors:
Dr. Brent Vernon, PhD - School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering, Dr. James Bogert, MD - Dignity Health
Team Members:
Gabriel Zdrale, Madison Rogers, Rachel Millard
Team Members:
Rachel Hall, Ali Fahy, Krissian Hargreaves, Anisa Syed, Yvonne Chook
Safe Gait
Gait Solutions aimed to design a walker with built-in fall aid and fall recovery mechanisms. Our team developed a walker that included a seat that can lower and raise, an emergency alert system, and backstops. These elements serve as preventative measures for falling and provide assistance in the event of a fall.
Sponsors or Mentors:
Dr. Paul Del Prado, Dr. Daniel Peterson
Neural Nexus (Semi Automated EVD Accessory)
We aimed to address the difficulties nurses have when managing external ventricular drains (EVD's), used in treating patients with hydrocephalus. Our device is an accessory to an EVD which takes pressure readings and detects blood or infection in the patient's cerebrospinal fluid at the press of a button. The intent is to automate and enhance key areas of the procedure that are currently done manually.
Sponsors or Mentors:
Jitendran Muthuswamy, PhD, Candace Keck
Team Members:
Jacob Hershkowitz, Cole Barnett, Carlos Matherson, Garrett Moormann, Kamawela Leka
Team Members:
Jayashree Iyer, Adriana Lopez, Katie Wilkinson
Sponsors or Mentors:
Arizona State University
Intravaginal Drug Delivery Device for Postmenopausal Vaginitis
Postmenopausal women often experience a significantly higher incidence of vaginitis (vaginal infections that include bacterial vaginosis, trichomoniasis, and candida vaginitis) due to decreased estrogen levels, which imbalances the vaginal microenvironment and encourages microbial growth. Given the limitations of current treatments, an unmet need exists for a minimally invasive transvaginal device that can deliver a mess-free treatment over an extended period of time. We intend to formulate a chitosan-alginate hydrogel to release drug over a standard period of time on a soft implantable silicone device.
Pain Level Measurement Device
For our device, it is essentially a dynamometer, which is a pressure sensor that is equipped with a handle that is uncomfortable to grip. Our hypothesis is that the human brain will sense pain at the highest source and the device can apply an external stimulus that can redirect the pain.
Sponsors or Mentors:
Jeff Skiba, Dr. Chris Zarembinski
Team Members:
Rachel Boylan, McKenna Godman, Michelle Rodriguez, Paulette Iñiguez Erunez, Joseline Salinas
Team Members:
Victoria Dong, Daniella Pautz, Karla Sharbuno, Bryce Tucker, Abigail Turcheck
Optimizing a Urine Collection Device for Female NASA Crew Members in Microgravity
The SecUR team has been tasked with redesigning the urine collection device for female NASA crew members to reduce urinary tract infections cause by backflow in microgravity environments.
Sponsors or Mentors:
Dr. Apollo Arquiza
AeroLife: Cardiovascular Monitoring Device for NASA Crew Members
Physiological deconditioning is one of the foremost barriers to extended space travel. With robust cardiovascular monitoring, groups like NASA ROI monitor astronaut health and develop countermeasures through evidence-based studies. Interstellar Systems has produced a comfortable, non-invasive monitoring tool embodied as a wrist-worn vital signs monitor to conduct these studies and mitigate the hazards of reduced-gravity environments.
Sponsors or Mentors:
NASA ROI
Team Members:
Brandon Duty, Jacob Hernandez, Kaitlyn Janssen, Martin Perez, Jonathan Scirone
Team Members:
Madilyn Bray, Taylor Pennington, Quincy Lyons, Gabe de la Rocha
Improving Tracheostomy Surgical Recovery
The concept for out solution is an add-on component to reduce bTARTIs through the prevention of bacteria growth at the surgical site and optimizing the healing environment at the stoma. This component resides in the form of an adhesive, PVA hydrogel developed to enable a stable tube attachment and release silver nanoparticles to prevent bacterial growth. By fabricating the material to possess antimicrobial properties, the growth of bacteria strains most common in infected patient respiratory cultures, P. aeruginosa and S. aerus, can be prevented to facilitate the healing process after the procedure.
Sponsors or Mentors:
Sara Belko - Thomas Jefferson University, Dr. Brent Vernon - Arizona State University
Heartificial Intelligence: A Machine Learning Software for NASA Biometrics
NASA needs a continuous, passive, non-invasive cardiovascular monitoring system for astronauts to better understand and combat the effects of missions to space on the cardiovascular system. NASA astronauts have been found to be at abnormal risk for arterial stiffening and other heart conditions, but research is difficult due to the small sample size. In order to expedite a monitoring process and accomplish the most with limited data, StarHeart Biometrics is developing a machine learning driven software to process the data and alert crew members and ground control if a medical emergency arises.
Team Members:
Kristin Huber, Justin Irby, Karly Espinosa, Sam Skeete
Sponsors or Mentors:
Kimia Seyedmadani of NASA, David Hope of DataRobot
Team Members:
Lauren Conrad, Damian Gordillo-Velazquez, Isabella Erazo-Hacey
The Wound Stabilizer
The wound stabilizer is a device that will hold together large surgical wounds without the need for stitches. The technology will work for Belt Lipectomy. Helps reduce scarring, lowering infection, and reducing the amount of provider visits by eliminating sutures.
Sponsors or Mentors:
Arizona State University
Autonomous IV Drug Administration Projectile Technology (ADAPT)
There is a 36% failure rate on over 200 million peripheral intravenous catheters administrations every year. Cerebrate Medical team has developed a revolutionary autonomous IV administration medical device that will place the IV more efficiently, safer, and bring more comfort for the patient. This allows the medical professional to focus more on the patient and as a result allow the patient to receive higher quality health care.
Sponsors or Mentors:
Dr. Jianming Liang
Team Members:
Brian Headen, Cristian Lee, Jeremiah Levitt, Nicholas Peters, Richard Yan
Team Members:
Adeline Beeler, Mikayla McNally, Grace Morgan
BEATBattery: A Transdermal Inductive Rechargeable Battery for Left Ventricular Assist Device
A transdermal inductive rechargeable battery, BEATBattery, has been designed to enable the elimination of the percutaneous lead that acts as an active wound site as well as the elimination of wearable battery packs for LVAD use.
Sponsors or Mentors:
Dr. JMR Apollo Arquiza and Dr. Mark Wang from ASU, Joseph Chung and Nick Tan from Creighton School of Medicine
Soft Tissue Callus Initiator
This device is meant to create calluses on the feet before military recruits undergo training
Sponsors or Mentors:
Arizona State University
Team Members:
Tabio-Lee Hawkins, Satya Muppavarapu, Christopher Sanders
Team Members:
Joseph R. Dimodica, Sudin Regmi, Majdi Othman
Reimagining the Skin/Seal Interface of Ostomy Care
Innovative Concept SureSeal: attach a medical device onto the intestinal tube and surface a quick-connect valve connecting to an ostomy bag
Sponsors or Mentors:
Jeff Skiba, Ashlee Garcia
Improving Tracheostomy Surgical Recovery
The concept for our design solution is an add-on component to reduce bTARTIs through the prevention of bacteria growth at the surgical site and optimizing the healing environment at the stoma. This component resides in the form of an adhesive, PVA hydrogel developed to enable a stable tube attachment and release silver nanoparticles to prevent bacterial growth. By fabricating the material to possess antimicrobial properties, the growth of bacteria strains most common in infected patient respiratory cultures, P. aeruginosa and S. aerus, can be prevented to facilitate the healing process after the procedure.
Sponsors or Mentors:
Sara Belko - Thomas Jefferson University, Dr. Brent Vernon - Arizona State University
Team Members:
Madilyn Bray, Taylor Pennington, Quincy Lyons, Gabe de la Rocha
Team Members:
Paul Banister, Katelyn Meehan, Lauren Simanovsky, Zach McManamy, Thomas Nguyen
NextLevel Intra-bladder Device to Treat Pain for those Diagnosed with Interstitial Cystitis
Our device is a small flexible ring made up of Dexamethasone and Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). It can easily be inserted into the bladder using a cystoscope and left alone for a year to allow for anti inflammatory medication to directly reach the bladder and reduce pain and discomfort in those with Interstitial Cystitis.
Sponsors or Mentors:
Dr. Jessica Weaver - ASU, Dr. Thi Tran - St. Joseph's Hospital
T-Ventri Shunt: Endovascular Cerebral Ventricular Shunt System
The T-Ventri Shunt is an endovascular shunt system used to treat patients with hydrocephalus. The device works by being implanted into a patient's transverse sinus, which will create a puncture from the sinus to the lateral ventricle. This will allow for drainage of cerebrospinal fluid, treating for the hydrocephalus.
Sponsors or Mentors:
Dr. Todd Abruzzo & Stephen Helms Tillery
Team Members:
Jesus E. Zazueta, Dary Deserne, Luis Campos, Cesar Diaz
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