Device for Maxillomandibular Fixation Following Facial Fractures Week October 14 October 20 Client Jeremy Warner MD Plastic Surgery UW Medical School Phone 608 262 2122 or 608 829 2161 E mail jp warner hosp wisc edu or warner gwu edu Advisor William Murphy Assistant Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering Phone 608 262 2224 E mail wlmurphy wisc edu Team Members Ashley Phillips Co Team Leader Nina Lewis Co Team Leader Joe Ferris Communications Sara Karle BWIG Emily Maslonkowski BSAC Problem Statement Currently the most common technique of fixating the jaw after a facial fracture is called maxillomandibular fixation MMF which requires wiring the mouth shut with the use of arch bars and wires It has been proposed to us to design a device which will mimic the function of MMF but be easier and faster to apply while maintaining an adequate cost of application Our design needs to securely hold the lower jaw tight to the upper jaw but also needs to have an emergency quick release system The device should also be safe for the patient during application and for the 4 6 weeks of healing Last Week s Goals Finish our written report Contact other orthodontist offices in the area to try to get a hold of brackets and elastics Order the model skull Do further research on forces in the jaw Accomplishments Presented PowerPoint to class on Oct 14 All group members took one section of the paper to edit by 4 00 pm on Sun Oct 16 All group members revised one edited section of the paper by 4 00 pm on Mon Oct 17 Ashley compiled all revised copies into a new copy of the written report All group members met Mon Oct 17 at 8 00 pm to make final corrections revisions to report Emily Joe and Sara each individually made suggestions for improvements on final draft Ashley and Nina revised final draft taking into account these suggestions and corrected any grammatical errors Joe and Emily formatted paper and turned it in This Week s Goals Order model skull off of eBay Create a method to measure jaw forces Determine ways to bring down cost of braces design i e new brackets reuse brackets Difficulties We would like to find a more cost effective way to use the braces design since this is the only con to this design Calculating the forces of the jaw Activities Accomplishments Group Member Weekly Accomplishments Ashley Phillips Time hrs Class time presentation revision of 6 0 design 1 and background group meeting Oct 17 compiled edited sections into a new draft of report final revision of report progress report Running Total hrs 32 0 Nina Lewis Class time presentation revision of design 3 and design 2 group meeting Oct 17 final revision of report progress report 6 0 32 0 Sara Karle Class time presentation revision of design 1 motivation and possible problems group meeting Oct 17 revision of final draft 6 0 30 0 Emily Maslonkowski Class time presentation revision of design 2 and design 3 group meeting Oct 17 formatted paper revision of final draft 6 0 31 0 Joe Ferris 6 0 30 0 Class time presentation revision of background motivation and possible problems group meeting Oct 17 formatted paper revision of final draft
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