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Designing a Self-Swelling Pancreatic Stent to Improve Whipple Surgery Outcomes

Team: Pancreatic Duct Stent Design Team

Program: Materials Science and Engineering
Course: MSE Design Team II EN.510.446
Year: 2022

Project Description:

Our project involves the design of a novel stent for the purpose of stiffening the pancreatic tissue through occlusion of blood in the pancreatic duct prior to pancreatic duodenectomies (Whipple procedures).

Student Team Members

Tammy Ng
Jason Yin
Aaron Phogat
Hussein Elfayoumy

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Project Mentors, Sponsors, and Partners

Johns Hopkins Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Dr. Orla Wilson
Dr. Timothy Weihs
Dr. Christopher Shubert