Designing a Self-Swelling Pancreatic Stent to Improve Whipple Surgery Outcomes
Team: Pancreatic Duct Stent Design Team
Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
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).
Team Members
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Project Mentors, Sponsors, and Partners
Johns Hopkins Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Dr. Orla Wilson
Dr. Timothy Weihs
Dr. Christopher Shubert
Course Faculty
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