2019-2020 BMES - Medtronic Student Design Competition Winners
This year has introduced many new complications due to COVID-19, including how best to host the design competition in a virtual setting. BMES has concluded that in order to best adjust to a virtual presentation format, 10 finalists will be selected from the group of submitted projects.
2020's TOPIC OF FOCUS WAS MEDICAL DEVICES
Of the ten finalists who competed at the 2020 BMES Virtual Annual Meeting;
- Smart and Connected Stent
- MITS Patch
- NeuroTrak
- UltraVision
- Cardiovascular Conquerors
- ViveSense
- NERV Proposal
- TMAP
- Pediatric Myoelectric Upper-Limb Prostheses
- Single Dual Lumen
First Place was awarded $3,000
Second Place was awarded $1,750
Third Place was awarded $1,000
In addition, all three teams were to be invited to present their design to a group of Medtronic researchers whose area of expertise relates to that team's field of design.
First place went to the team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The MITS Patch.In addition, all three teams were to be invited to present their design to a group of Medtronic researchers whose area of expertise relates to that team's field of design.

Featured:
Sarah Wu (Sarahw@mit.edu)
Heejung Roh (Heejungr@mit.edu)
Second place went to the team from the University of California, Irvine, UltraVision.Sarah Wu (Sarahw@mit.edu)
Heejung Roh (Heejungr@mit.edu)
Featured:
Rahul Sreedasyam (rsreedas@uci.edu)
Kamalesh Ananthakrishnan (kamalesa@uci.edu)
Udit Lyengar (uiyengar@uci.edu)
Karen Sharma (kvsharma@uci.edu)
Kevin Yag (kevinzy@uci.edu)
Huy Ho (huyth@uci.edu)
Rahul Sreedasyam (rsreedas@uci.edu)
Kamalesh Ananthakrishnan (kamalesa@uci.edu)
Udit Lyengar (uiyengar@uci.edu)
Karen Sharma (kvsharma@uci.edu)
Kevin Yag (kevinzy@uci.edu)
Huy Ho (huyth@uci.edu)
Third place went to the team from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Smart and Connected Stent.
Vascular diseases are the leading cause of death and account for over 30% of deaths. To monitor and treat these diseases, hemodynamic parameters, including blood pressure and flow rate, are of interest. It has been proven that continuous monitoring of hemodynamics enhances patient health and lowers hospitalizations rates. However, existing monitoring methods are costly and invasive while providing a narrow, incomplete view of hemodynamics. Currently, commercial implantable devices that offer continuous, wireless monitoring use rigid, bulky designs which are restricted for pressure monitoring in a single location, preventing monitoring in narrow arteries. Here, we have developed a biosensor system comprised of an inductive medical stent, and soft sensors for wireless, continuous monitoring of hemodynamics. This sensing system, deployed via catheter, is advantageous over existing devices as it minimizes disruption to hemodynamics, functions as a medical stent, and unobtrusively detects pressure and flow rate in artery diameters as narrow as 2mm. The device is achieved via an advanced composite stent design and low-profile, microstructured sensors, which uses existing stent infrastructure and rapid printing for high-throughput fabrication. Enhanced wireless sensing up to 3.0cm through tissue has been demonstrated in narrow artery models. Overall, the system provides an adaptable platform for monitoring various vascular diseases, including aneurysms, restenosis, and heart failure.

Featured:
Robert Herbert (rherbert7@gatech.edu)