Designing a Self-Swelling Pancreatic Stent to Improve Whipple Surgery Outcomes
Team: Pancreatic Duct Stent Design Team
- Program: Materials Science and Engineering
- Course: MSE Design Team II EN.510.446
Project Description:
Our project involves the design of a novel stent for the purpose of stiffening the pancreatic tissue through occlusion of blood in the pancreatic duct prior to pancreatic duodenectomies (Whipple procedures).
