BME team wins 2014 DEBUT challenge with AccuSpine probe The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering — part of the National Institutes of Health — has selected a team of Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering undergraduates as its first place winner of the 2014 Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams (DEBUT) challenge, The BME design team, who presented their project at Johns Hopkins Design Day in May 2014, was awarded a $20,000 prize for their AccuSpine pedicle probe. Judging for the competition was based on four criteria: the significance of the problem being addressed; the impact on clinical care; the innovation of the design; and the existence of a working prototype The AccuSpine pedicle probe was designed by eight undergraduates: Clay Andrews, Eric Xie, Adarsha Malla, Bradley Isaacs, Anvesh Annadanam, Erica Schwarz, Ravi Gaddipati and Ravi Gaddipati and Luis Herrera. Their project began in July 2013 as part of a Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design design team class. The goal was to address a clinical need for an effective guidance system for the safe and accurate placement of screws within the spine during spinal fusion surgeries as treatment for various spinal deformities.
Posted on: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 17:05:50 +0000
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