3D printing airway trainers
Build improved 3D printed airway trainers for better performance during airway/endoscopic procedures.
Project Overview
Airway management is important in keeping a patient stable in various medical environments. While novel techniques and innovative devices for better airway management have decreased the difficulties medical professionals face, developing airway management skills in difficult and unique scenarios is essential to positive and effective patient outcomes. Developing a method of using 3D printing and existing patient imaging to create realistic airway training manikins would allow medical professionals to practice airway management skills with physiologically consistent results.
Project Status
Team is currently working on getting open-access head and neck CT scans to create anatomical outlines for our trainer. Our team has recently built the lower support component for our trainer, 3D printed at Makerspace.
Team Picture
Files
- Preliminary Report (October 11, 2024)
- Preliminary Presentation (October 11, 2024)
- PDS (October 11, 2024)
Progress Reports
- Week 11 (November 21, 2024)
- Week 10 (November 14, 2024)
- Week 9 (November 7, 2024)
- Week 8 (October 31, 2024)
- Week 7 (October 24, 2024)
- Week 6 (October 17, 2024)
- Week 5 (October 10, 2024)
- Week 4 (October 3, 2024)
- Week 3 (September 26, 2024)
- Week 2 (September 19, 2024)
- Week 1 (September 12, 2024)
Contact Information
Team Members
- Jack Sperling - Co-Team Leader
- Maribel Glodowski - Co-Team Leader
- Elle Heimer - Communicator
- Nathan Klauck - BSAC
- Maiwand Tarazi - BWIG
- Ilia Mikhailenko - BPAG
Advisor and Client
- Prof. John Puccinelli - Advisor
- Dr. Kristopher Schroeder - Client