Origami based design of ingestible medical instrumentation

基于折纸的可摄入医疗器械设计

• 批准号: 2897991
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Birmingham
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2897991
• 关键词: Origami; based; design; ingestible; medical

The goal of this PhD project is to design a novel ingestible medical device for long-term residence in the small bowel. Long-term retention of medical devices in the gastrointestinal tract enables a plethora of benefits, including possibilities for extended drug delivery, or monitoring capabilities. Inspired by origami, the device will be able to unfold or expand out from inside a capsule, to the size of the small bowel. It can then press against the intestinal walls, enabling it resist the propulsive forces exerted by the gastrointestinal tract and remain in vivo for extended periods.

这个博士项目的目标是设计一种新的可摄入的医疗设备，长期居住在小肠。医疗器械在胃肠道中的长期保留带来了很多好处，包括延长药物输送或监测能力的可能性。受折纸的启发，该装置将能够从胶囊内展开或扩展到小肠大小。然后，它可以压在肠壁上，使其能够抵抗胃肠道施加的推进力，并在体内存活较长时间。