Presented our concept for a CNT-doped elastomeric round-tip catheter for cardiac ablation, designed to provide real-time contact force feedback during procedures.
Our work also explores biocompatibility testing, finite element analysis of TPU/Pebax/PDMS materials, and predictive force modeling for safer and more consistent cardiac ablation outcomes.
14/ Massive shoutout to our team (Abhishek Lele, Vibhawari Wusirika, Clara Han, Nivethana Narayanan, Emily Tsaturian) for breaking this down, debating hard, and thinking like both engineers and reviewers. And finally, a big thanks to our professor @KoladeAdebowal1!
We just wrapped up a rewarding presentation in BENG 207: Biomaterials for Medical Devices with Prof. @KoladeAdebowal1 at UCSD. Here’s a breakdown of what we did as a team. 👇
13/ Our biggest takeaway:
The future of medical devices isn’t just biocompatible, it’s immuno-informed design.
We’re moving from “avoid immune response” → “control immune response.”
8/Even deeper — they used:→ scRNA-seq→ FACS→ NanoString
To map immune cell populations and gene expression.
This wasn’t just descriptive, it was mechanistic, multi-scale biology.