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).

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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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