Acetabular Cup Extractor
Mechanical Engineering Senior Design Project
When hip replacements need to be replaced, they must be surgically extracted from the pelvis using a cutting tool, called an acetabular cup extractor. For the capstone project of my undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering, I worked in a group of 5 to design a novel, powered extractor to reduce procedure time, surgeon fatigue, and risk to the patient. Over the course of the project, I led the development of the electronic and software controls that made our device safe and effective.
More information will be added here when it becomes publically available. In the mean time, feel free to reach out to me with any questions you might have about our process