The Biomedical Engineering Program is proud to announce the winners of the Ojala prizes from the 2022 Capstone Design Symposium.
Best Overall BME Capstone Design Project
DiagnoseMI by Cesar Genatios, Simona Rocco, Ankit Jain, Laura Zhukas
Timely diagnosis of myocardial infarction (MI) is imperative as the risk of mortality increases by 7.5% for every 30 minute delay in treatment. In low and middle-income countries (LMICs), up to 60% of MI patients do not receive the necessary treatment due to limited diagnostic tools. DiagnoseMI is a portable and inexpensive device designed for healthcare workers in LMICs that records a patient’s electrocardiogram. In 30 seconds, it detects whether a patient has suffered from a MI and presents results on a mobile app.
Best BME Capstone Design Project Prototype
Petalos by Timmy Seto, Jeffry Feng, Evan Kaklamanos, Ethan Chung, Joey Kuang
Flexible endoscopes are intricate surgical devices consisting of long, narrow, and heat-sensitive internal channels used for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. The complex channel geometry makes them challenging to reprocess through manual cleaning and chemical washing, resulting in tedious reprocessing procedures leading to an increased chance of contamination. Petalos is a flexible endoscope with removable and disposable modules and an autoclavable controller body. While maintaining full functionality, Petalos removes the most tedious, time-consuming, and error-prone reprocessing steps and achieves the gold standard of sterilization through autoclaving.