As we reach the final week of our senior design journey, we are proud to reflect on everything we have accomplished this semester. This week marked the conclusion of our project with IPPD’s Final Design Review held on campus at… Read More
Week 13 (FDR Presentation at Arthrex)
Our team had the opportunity to visit Arthrex for our Final Design Review (FDR) on Tuesday, where we presented the culmination of months of hard work, iteration, and collaboration. During the in person review, we showcased our three identical final… Read More
Week 12 (Preparation for FDR)
Over the past few weeks, our team has reached a major milestone in the design process. Our final prototype builds that will be brought to our sponsor company are fully completed. After multiple design iterations, testing cycles, and refinements, we… Read More
Week 10
This week we returned from Spring break and moved forward with the necessary steps to completing our final prototypes that we will be bringing to Arthrex and FDR. We started off performing crucial leakage current testing on our probes to… Read More
Week 9
This week we got the opportunity to assemble prototypes 4 and 5 as a team during the class time work session. These will likely be our last prototype iterations we make 🙁 and after testing we will make a decision… Read More
Week 8
This week was largely focused on manufacturing builds 4 and 5 and establishing processes for our final designs. On the manufacturing side we cut the hollow electrodes and solid tips needed for the two new builds and then we machined… Read More
Week 7
This week was largely focused on QRB 2 preparation while keeping momentum on the technical side of the project. On the hardware planning side, we continued organizing the coagulation data collected from earlier builds so we can begin a clean… Read More
Week 6
This week was a big push toward getting our next builds fully assembled and tested. Build 3 is officially finished, and we completed coagulation and depth testing for both Build 2 and Build 3. A lot of the work this… Read More
Week 5
This week was very build focused, with the team pushing forward on hardware progress and preparing for the next round of functional testing. We completed Build 2, which uses a larger diameter electrode, and continued refining the mechanical and electrical… Read More
Week 4
This week was very manufacturing and assembly focused as we pushed forward on our next prototype builds. The team worked on machining new electrode sets, including both a solid shaft version and a hollow shaft version. The hollow design will… Read More
Week 3
This week was composed of finishing up the composition of the electrical testing rig, capturing some electrical charactersitics of our prototype (similar data was found in comparision to Arthrex Documentation). As expected, (one example, measurements were done for all modes… Read More
Week 2 (Spring)
Welcome to Week 2 with ElectroFlow! This week was composed of active beef tissue coagulation experiments, a new method of attaching tubing (extermely quick, saved a substantial amount of time and money), and the start of the electronics fixture! Illustration… Read More
Week 1 (Working Saline Flow and Coagulation)
We are officially back for the spring semester, and the energy is high! After a much-needed break, the team is diving straight into the critical phase of our IPPD project for Arthrex. Clearing the Blockages Our primary focus this week… Read More