Design of a Grasping Mechanism for a Friction-Based Transport Mechanism

This report describes the design of a wire rope based grasper for a tissue transport mechanism based on friction including means for operation. The previous transport mechanism design had no mechanism to transfer tissue into the lumen to be transported. To create the grasper, the wire ropes were plastically deformed to bend outward, creating the...

Design of a bistable stapes prosthesis

Otosclerosis is a bone disease of the middle ear that often causes conductive hearing loss. This type of hearing loss can be treated by implanting a prosthesis, which replaces the stapes bone and attaches to the adjacent bone: the incus. Current stapes prostheses produce excellent hearing results, however the procedure is difficult to perform...