2.2.2010

CLINICIAN:
Keith Isaacson, MD, Medical Director, Minimally Invasive Gynecological Surgery Unit, Newton-Wellesley Hospital; Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, HMS; Attending Physician, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Boston IVF; CIMIT Site Miner, Newton-Wellesley Hospital

MIT STUDENT TEAM:
Sterling Anderson, Nikolai Begg, Kevin Farino, Emily Houston and Julia Zimmerman

MODERATOR:
Alex Slocum, PhD, Pappalardo Professor of Mechanical Engineering and MacVicar Faculty Fellow, MIT

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Forum Abstract

While techniques and instruments for performing laparoscopic surgery have improved over the years, loss of vision through the endoscopic lens caused by fog, liquid, and solid debris common to laparoscopic procedures remains a significant problem. Our team designed a mechanical solution to this problem, providing a clean image through the scope with the click of a button. In multiple trials this device repeatedly removed debris from the distal tip of the lens, thereby restoring vision for the surgeon without requiring removal or reinsertion of the endoscope.

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