Auto Suture Nasal Device Week December 8th 2006 December 15th 2006 Team Members Tim Pearce Team Leader Kuya Takami Communications Mollie Lange BSAC Peter Ma BWIG Client Dr Benjamin Marcus Dept of Otolaryngology UW Medical School Phone 265 5470 email marcus surgery wisc edu Advisor Kristyn S Masters Ph D Assistant Professor Dept of Biomedical Engineering University of Wisconsin Phone 265 4052 email kmasters wisc edu Problem Statement Our goal is to develop a device which will automatically deploy a suture to a specific region of the nose which is commonly detached in two common nasal surgeries rhinoplasty and septoplasty The current procedure is tedious and time consuming for the performing surgeon often taking 15 minutes or more Our client would like to develop a device which will automatically suture the desired location with minimal surgeon involvement This will cut down on surgeon error and make a more effective suture Last Week s Goals Work on final paper Accomplishments Finished final paper This Week s Goals Relax for finals Difficulties None Activities Accomplishments Group Member Weekly Accomplishments Time hrs Running Total hrs 5 60 2 62 5 65 3 61 Paper presentation Tim Pearce Presentation Peter Ma Paper presentation Mollie Lange Presenation Kuya Takami To Do Past Deadlines Evaluations Future
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