Team Members: Elle Brough, Laasya Bosukonda, Raymond Shen, Zoe White, Sophie Clarke, Richel Seiko Murata, Noel Overby, Alex Masse
In a team of 7, we aimed to develop a compact, adjustable head and neck stabilization device tailored for military and civilian evacuations. This device not only minimizes patient movement to reduce the risk of secondary CNS injuries but also integrates sensor-based data collection to monitor forces experienced during transit.
This project was sponsored by HeadStrait Labs and guidance was provided by Mary Squire and Alyssa Theroux from HeadStrait Labs as well as Dr. Rachelle Palchesko and Dr. Conrad Zapanta from Carnegie Mellon University.
My role in this project was focused on mechanical design, specifically the stabilization method.
Develop a compact, adjustable device that can prevent secondary nervous system injuries to patients with primary CNS injuries and traumatic brain injuries during military and civilian emergency medical transportation and provide data demonstrating how the emergency medical transport process creates secondary injuries.
Check out this post from the CMU BME Department! We received honorable mention at TechSpark's Fall 2024 Engineering Exposition.
