This week marked a huge milestone for our team. Just in time for the SLDR event, we assembled our first fully functioning prototype and finally got to see our design come to life. The PCB was mounted directly onto the… Read More
Week 12
This week, the team continued working on the prototype build and made significant progress toward completing our first functional version. After finishing most of the machining and assembly, we were able to put together the first full prototype and immediately… Read More
Week 11 – Building our First Prototype
This week, our team shifted from planning to hands-on development as we began physically building our first functional prototype. After incorporating the feedback received during the Prototype Inspection Day, our focus centered on translating the refined design ideas into a… Read More
Week 10 – Prototype Inspection Day (PID)
This week, our team participated in the Prototype Inspection Day. Since the PID serves as a checkpoint for evaluating progress and direction, our goal going into the event was to communicate where we currently stand in the development process and… Read More
Week 9 – Preparing for the PID
This week, our team spent our time gathering data and a first stage structural prototype of our device for the upcoming Prototype Inspection Day on Tuesday, November 4th. In class, we were provided all the important details of this benchmark… Read More
Week 8 – Proof of Concept
After our team returned from the PDR in Naples last week, we got to work right away on prototype plans for a functional device. The first thing we decided to tackle was deliberating through the mechanism of action of RF… Read More
Week 7 – Preliminary Design Review
This week ElectroFlow completed a successful Preliminary Design Review with an audience of engineers and project managers at Arthrex headquarters in Naples, FL! This experience was greatly beneficial to our team, as it provided much clarification on more specific aspects… Read More
Week 6 – Last Revisions to PDR
Well we’re approaching the end of Phase 1 of our project: the Preliminary Design Review! On Sunday 10/12, all 7 team members will be traveling to Naples, FL to meet our liaison (Coleman), Arthrex clinicians, other Arthrex engineers and co-op… Read More
Week 5 – Preparing the PDR!
This week, our team has been focused on three major project aspects: PDR Presentation In just about 1 week, our team will be headed to Naples, FL to deliver the Preliminary Design Review to Arthrex employees (both clinical and engineering)!… Read More
Week 4 Updates!
Week 4 is in the book! We have secured our travel to Naples to visit Arthrex in the middle of October; we’re very excited to meet the engineers and explain our project! Furthermore, we have received probes from Smith and… Read More
Week Three!
Our group made more strides this week: we had another meeting with our liaison, and we were able to clarify plenty of points about our project, especially how we will validate our project and timelines. Furthermore, we will likely be… Read More
Second Week!
Our group had our first meetings with the coach and liaison, and they were a success! We were able to get any misconceptions about the project’s expectations cleared up, and we are set up to have a continuous stream of… Read More
First week!
Our team has kicked off research on the project sponsored by Arthrex, which challenges us to explore how a saline pump can be added to an RF probe! We’ve been working together to line up meeting times with both our… Read More