Feb 08, 2018 / Research & Innovation
National Inventors' Day
At Scottish Rite Hospital, research is a key component to providing exceptional care to our patients. The hospital has several divisions and laboratories that create innovative materials and devices to enhance treatment or to provide a better lifestyle for a child.
We are celebrating National Inventors’ Day by taking a tour of the hospital’s Biomechanics Lab to give a behind-the-scenes look at the innovative machines used to create devices that help our doctors provide the best care to our patients.
What is a biomechanics lab?
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We are celebrating National Inventors’ Day by taking a tour of the hospital’s Biomechanics Lab to give a behind-the-scenes look at the innovative machines used to create devices that help our doctors provide the best care to our patients.
What is a biomechanics lab?
- Also known as a fabrication lab or machine shop.
- Various machines are used by biomedical engineers to create and produce designs.
- The designs are then produced from the different machines, which help our medical staff to provide the best treatment to our patients.
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- Produces the invention. This machine brings a design to life so that it can be used for a patient’s treatment plan.
- The design can be produced in metal or plastic.
- The machine compiles the measurements from the design created on the engineer’s computer.
- Example: metal bone plate used for scoliosis surgery or a plastic device created for suction/irrigation during surgery.
- Makes custom devices.
- Provides surgeons with an anatomical model to help them better plan their surgery.
- Example: a spine created from a CT scan (three-dimensional X-ray) to provide the surgeon a more hands-on view of the patient’s spine.
- The team likes to know how well the invention works.
- Applies forces to the device to make sure it is durable.
- Example: spine screw – the material testing machine applies forces to simulate four months of a patient’s activity.
- Created for our hand team to provide an alternative to the existing technologies that are inaccurate.
- Measures the patient’s grip and pinch grip strength before and after hand surgery.
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