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"A truly transformative journey where I forged deep bonds with brilliant clinicians, engineers and industrial mentors"
Team ReVision's EyeWonder integrated system addresses paediatric contact lens challenges with a novel, all-in-one design. It features an ergonomically designed, eyecup-assisted insertion and removal tool sized for children, ensuring precise lens placement and minimising discomfort, and a closed-system cleaning tube for hands-free, hygienic lens disinfection.
This streamlined design empowers children to independently and safely manage their myopia control, reducing contamination risk and improving overall eye health.
Team Conexus is pioneering a minimally invasive approach to bariatric surgery through endoscopy, aiming to enhance patient perception and reduce the fear and pain associated with traditional surgical procedures. Conexus’ specialised endoscopic grasper is designed to be easily attachable and compatible with existing endoscopes, enabling surgeons to grasp and manipulate the small bowel and other organs with precision in an atraumatic manner.Starting with bariatric surgery, Conexus envisions a toolset that will revolutionise the surgical field, paving the way for more procedures to be performed via Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES), redefining the future of minimally invasive surgery through innovation and engineering.
Team E-RAZE’s SafeCut™ device is a game-changing solution to remove small hidden gastric lesions within the stomach wall. Conventionally, endoscopists perform Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection (ESD), using a small surgical knife to carefully cut through the stomach’s top layer in a challenging environment, which requires over 2 hours of procedural time. The long procedure time potentially increases risks of complications for the patients.
SafeCut™ features a 4-in-1 system that reduces procedure time by 75%, to just 30 minutes, while maintaining the same safety and efficacy profile of the conventional method. This streamlined approach enhances procedural precision and efficiency by improving endoscopic visibility throughout the procedure, ensuring consistent, high-quality resections.
During orthopaedic surgeries, medical professionals are required to wear heavy lead aprons to protect against radiation exposure, which can lead to physical strain, discomfort, and fatigue during long procedures. Team DAJJLE is addressing the problem by developing a wearable support designed specifically to redistribute the weight of the lead apron, improving comfort and minimising physical strain for surgeons and other operating room staff.
Their device is a lightweight, wearable structure that redistributes the weight of the lead apron, providing ergonomic support to the wearer. It is also adjustable to fit different body types and features a flexible design that allows for ease of movement during surgery.
Team LUMOS aims to address the rise of myopia in children by introducing a new paradigm for screen usage and screen time using a novel peripheral blurring technology. This is applied via an overlay onto digital screens from tablets to desktops, alongside an intuitive implementation of screen breaks according to the Health Promotion Board’s (HPB) 20-20-20 rule for screen usage. They aim to minimise the harmful effects of screen time with minimal interference with the user’s digital experience.
At the same time, the overlay also provides real time tracking of screen usage and integrates this data with user demographics and other parameters like sitting posture and outdoor activity, providing personalised recommendations for eye care.
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