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An accidental needle stick — one hazard of suturing a wound — poses as much a risk to medical personnel as it does to patients.
Ninety-six percent of suture-needle injuries occur with contaminated needles, which increase the potential for transmission of such diseases as hepatitis C or HIV.
Looking for a safer alternative,
biomedical engineering
students (left to right) Elizabeth Nee, Angela Heppner, Briar Duffy and Jeffrey Phillips developed JABE 200.
Their design includes a fluid-filled balloon that, when depressed, causes the suture needle to protrude from a protective sheath.
Releasing the balloon mechanism retracts the needle.
Photo by Bob Rashid |
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