Project Overview

Physical examination and surgical skills are taught and assessed throughout medical school and residency. Currently, residents practice bowel repair, resection, and anastomosis skills on animal tissue, which can be unavailable, expensive, or short -lived. Our client, Mr. Calvin Kwan, is interested in developing an alternative, synthetic solution to provide medical students and residents with more readily available practice tissue. Our design team has been tasked with creating a synthetic bowel tissue model that mimics the physiological properties of the bowel as well as the mechanical properties to accurately simulate and test the knowledge and the skill of bowel repair, resection, and anastomosis of the residents.

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Contact Information

Team Members

• Molly Scott - Team Leader
• Andrea Doll - Communicator & BWIG & BPAG
• Ryan Serbin - BSAC

Advisor and Client

• Prof. Tracy Jane Puccinelli - Advisor
• Mr. Calvin Kwan - Client
• Shannon Dimarco - Alternate Contact

Related Projects

• Spring 2017: Synthetic bowel tissue development
• Fall 2016: Synthetic bowel tissue development