Updates

Checkout this update on our prototype:

While we have finished this phase of the project, we are working on a redesign that might address some of the issues we had. We changed the connection points to distribute the force more evenly hopefully reducing stress.

Check back for more design updates!

We presented our project to the faculty and students last week, going over our design, testing, and results. Our stent did not meet many of our specifications, but this is only the first iteration of the design! You can view our presentation slides below:

We had the opportunity to present our project at the TCNJ Celebration of Student Achievement on May 5th. Check out our poster and take a look around at some of the other projects going on at the TCNJ School of Engineering:

Our team is working in parallel to run structural and flow simulations, 3D print a prototype, and design a flow loop to test the prototype in real life!

Check out what we’ve been up to and some of the current challenges we’re facing with our design:

Adaptive Stent Update Video

During the Fall semester, the team worked on researching our problem and laying out design inputs. We came up with three design concepts that we’ll be working on refining in the Spring. Using computer simulations, we will model the stent to examine the forces produced by the stent and the stresses in the struts and in the vessel wall. Fluid simulations will be used to analyze flow through the stent. We also plan to 3D print a prototype to look at how blood cells respond to moving over the stent surface.

Check back for more updates as we design and test our device

This is where progress updates will be posted throughout the design process