Advanced Hemostatic Agent Delivery Device (AHADD)

Oregon Biomedical Engineering Institute (OBEI) Engineering, 2008-09

Liaison(s): Kenton Gregory, Genevieve Mueller, Teresa Pineda ’06
Advisor(s): Nancy Lape
Students(s): Lauryn Baranowski (TL-F), Grant Blackwell (EX), Steven Dell (F), Arjun Kalyanpur (TL-S), Ben Margolis (S), Seanna Vine Steven Dell (TL-F), Marie Godla (S), Cassie Nguyen, Tom Strizic (S), Hannah Troisi (F), Jessica Wen (TL-S)

According to the U.S. Army Institute for Surgical Research, uncompressible hemorrhage injuries are the leading cause of death on the battlefield today. The HMC Clinic team will design and prototype a device that will deploy a controllable amount of fast-acting hemostatic agent into non-abdominal wounds of varying severity without applying detrimental pressure to the cavity and surrounding tissues. This device should be safe, portable, durable, and disposable, as it will be carried by military medics in a battlefield environment.