The Design of a Therapeutic Stem Cell Injector

Oregon Biomedical Engineering Institute (OBEI) Engineering, 2009-10

Liaison(s): Dr. Kenton Gregory, Teresa Pineda ’06
Advisor(s): Elizabeth Orwin
Students(s): Steven Dell (TL-F), Marie Godla (S), Cassie Nguyen, Tom Strizic (S), Hannah Troisi (F), Jessica Wen (TL-S)

The OBEI Clinic team is designing a therapeutic stem cell injector to aid in delivering bone marrow stem cells to muscle tissue to treat compartment syndrome. The design of a needle array involving a customized diffuser head and novel irrigation needles should promote a uniform dispersion of cells, minimize cell fluid loss, and increase the efficiency of the current therapeutic injection process.