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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

Course Faculty

Project Mentors, Sponsors, and Partners

Johns Hopkins Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Dr. Orla Wilson

Dr. Timothy Weihs

Dr. Christopher Shubert