Design of a Novel Surgical Device for Minimally Invasive Brain Tumor Removal

City of Hope Engineering, 2013-14

Liaison(s): Behnam Badie MD
Advisor(s): Elizabeth Orwin ’95
Students(s): Li Yip Koh (TL-F), Meghan Jimenez (TL-F), Katie Shepherd (TL-S), Rohaine Hsu, Cindy Angpraseuth (S), Jennifer Zheng (F)

The City of Hope Clinic team designed, built, and tested a device for use in minimally invasive brain tumor removal surgery. The device is inserted into the brain and used to fragment, cauterize, aspirate, and irrigate the site of a brain tumor, leaving a cavity for the delivery of anti-cancer macromolecules or cytotoxic cells. With this device, brain surgery will be made more efficient and effective, reducing both operation and patient recovery time.