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Medical Art Prosthetics: Limited-access craniofacial endosseous abutment driver

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Hand tool to assist in holding and screwing in facial prosthetic abutments

Project Overview

A hand tool is desired that will allow the clinician to screw threaded prosthetic components (abutments and magnetic caps) onto osseointegrated (bone-anchored) fixtures that have been surgically installed to support magnetic craniofacial prostheses such as silicone eye, nose or ear prosthetics. The tiny abutments that screw into the fixtures are very difficult to hold and get started in the tight confines of the orbital or nasal cavity and nearly impossible if the clinician has large fingers. A lower profile tool is needed to temporarily hold and spin the abutments and caps inside the cavity to get them started by means of some rotational force transferred down the handle from outside the cavity.

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Team members from left to right: Riley Pieper, Sam Schini, Jake Cohn, Dylan von Heimburg
Team members from left to right: Riley Pieper, Sam Schini, Jake Cohn, Dylan von Heimburg

Contact Information

Team Members

  • Riley Pieper - Team Leader
  • Samuel Schini - Communicator & BSAC
  • Dylan Von Heimburg - BWIG
  • Jacob Cohn - BPAG

Advisor and Client

  • Dr. Ben Cox - Advisor
  • Mr. Greg Gion - Client

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