College - Author 1
College of Engineering
Department - Author 1
Biomedical Engineering Department
Degree Name - Author 1
BS in Biomedical Engineering
College - Author 2
College of Engineering
Department - Author 2
Biomedical Engineering Department
Degree - Author 2
BS in Biomedical Engineering
College - Author 3
College of Engineering
Department - Author 3
Biomedical Engineering Department
Degree - Author 3
BS in Biomedical Engineering
Date
6-2022
Primary Advisor
Britta Berg-Johansen, College of Engineering, Biomedical Engineering Department
Abstract/Summary
This Final Report will go over the project deliverables and future steps in the making of a rod bending approximator tool by the Cal Poly Senior Design team for the client SeaSpine. The latest designs and research done regarding minimally invasive surgery (MIS) is covered including the impediments with the current methods. SeaSpine presented the need to our team for an approximating tool within the MIS procedure. Our team began project planning through task generation and schedule development. Once the product definition was fully understood, competition was evaluated and engineering specifications were created for the project. A conceptual design was modeled through Solidworks and compared to requirements. Once the design was selected upon, our final design was refined upon and the first prototype was machined and feasibility testing was done. Some key customer requirements for this apparatus was to be lightweight, one user-friendly, and to span multiple spinal fusion levels. The resulting prototype was under 8 ounces, however, to span across multiple levels would require reducing or changing the material. This also impacts usability, as the apparatus needs to be suitable for one user.
URL: https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/bmedsp/157