{"585946":{"#nid":"585946","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Innovative Solutions for Clinical Needs","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis is what collaboration looks like.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELast April, seven interventional radiologists from Emory University\u0026rsquo;s School of Medicine met with leaders from the Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience and Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) on the Georgia Tech campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBasically, the doctors brought a list of clinical needs that they hoped would yield some new ideas for innovative medical devices.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFast forward to December, the season of giving. Five teams of BME undergraduate students had devoted their fall semester Capstone projects to fulfilling those wishes. A few days before the Fall semester Capstone Design Expo, they presented their projects to the radiologists and some of their colleagues at the Emory School of Medicine.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;As an interventional radiologist, I can say without a doubt that I could see myself using each and every one of these devices when they come to market,\u0026rdquo; says Zach Bercu, an assistant professor in Emory\u0026rsquo;s Division of Interventional Radiology and Image-Guided Medicine.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBercu attended that meeting at the Petit Institute last spring, and helped spearhead the first Emory IR-Georgia Tech Capstone Symposium.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;What\u0026rsquo;s really unique about these devices, compared to some of the other things we use in interventional radiology, is the cost barriers are so different,\u0026rdquo; Bercu adds. \u0026ldquo;We play with a lot of very expensive toys and I\u0026rsquo;m looking at how, in a single semester, the TraceLess team designed a device that can heat tissue in a second, and they\u0026rsquo;ve done it with a nine-volt battery. I\u0026rsquo;m doing the same thing now with a huge generator that needs to be wheeled into a room.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOne by one, each team made their presentations to a room full of potential users, physicians eager for better and more affordable tools of their trade. And one by one, each team received immediate feedback from their live audience.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;These were real doctors, and it\u0026rsquo;s their professional opinions that matter most because they\u0026rsquo;re the people who will be using the device,\u0026rdquo; says Parth Patel, whose team, TraceLess, redesigned a biopsy needle device to minimize tumor seeding.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;When you have everyone in one room giving you feedback and suggestions on what\u0026rsquo;s great about your product and what\u0026rsquo;s not so great, that\u0026rsquo;s invaluable information for us,\u0026rdquo; adds Josh Bugica of CrossARM, a team of students who designed a device to stabilize a patient\u0026rsquo;s arm during procedures like CT-scan.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEach team\u0026rsquo;s project addressed a specific clinical need expressed by Emory interventional radiologists last year at the Petit Institute meeting. In addition to TraceLess and CrossARM, the teams and their objectives were:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026bull; SigTrig: Design a resorbable long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC), to alleviate what can be a problematic removal process.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026bull; SickleSense: Provide medical staff with the means to quantify the current state of a patient\u0026rsquo;s blood to properly treat people with sickle cell disease.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026bull; UriCa: Develop a detachable mechanism to allow for a smooth transition from a PCNU catheter to a Double J ureteral stent.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENew Partnership\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This was a fantastic beginning to a new partnership,\u0026rdquo; says James Rains, director of BME Capstone. \u0026ldquo;What really made it work was matching teams with the right physicians.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe radiologists-students collaboration just makes perfect sense, Bercu says, since the Coulter Department is a joint department of Emory and Georgia Tech. It was only a matter of time before the interventional radiologists at Emory tapped into the engineering potential at Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;As a field, interventional radiology is ideally suited for innovation,\u0026rdquo; he says. \u0026ldquo;It\u0026rsquo;s a technology driven field and the technology is rapidly changing. So this is a natural partnership. We provide the clinical need, and they provide the creativity and ingenuity and take treatment to the next level.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERains and the BME department are collecting more ideas and students and as a new semester takes shape, new teams of BME students are considering their projects for the Spring edition of the Capstone Design Expo (April 25).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We\u0026rsquo;d really like to grow this partnership \u0026ndash; we have about 200 students ready to work on more projects for next semester,\u0026rdquo; Rains says.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGrowing the partnership, strengthening the ties between Georgia Tech and Emory\u0026rsquo;s interventional radiologists shouldn\u0026rsquo;t be a tough sell, according to Harold Solomon, the principal at Georgia Tech VentureLab who helped bring that initial meeting together at the Petit Institute last year.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This is the beginning of a tight coupling,\u0026rdquo; Solomon told the audience of physicians and researchers at the symposium in December. \u0026ldquo;And we\u0026rsquo;ve got room for more. This biomedical engineering department is ranked number one nationally, this is the pointy-head of the spear, right here, and we\u0026rsquo;ve got many more talented young people. So bring it.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EREAD MORE ABOUT CAPSTONE:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/cathart-takes-bme-capstone-award\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBME Capstone Champs for Fall: CathART\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/mechanical-engineering-steals-spotlight-fall-capstone?utm_source=dailydigest\u0026amp;utm_campaign=dec7\u0026amp;utm_medium=email\u0026amp;utm_content=capstone\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMechanical Engineering Grabs Fall Spotlight\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECONTACT:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jerry.grillo@ibb.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJerry Grillo\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCommunications Officer II\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nParker H. 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