Engineering Week at the ETH Zurich
During the Engineering Week pupils from “Kantonsschule am Burggraben St. Gallen” designed, programmed and evaluated an injection simulator for spinal anesthesia. The spinal anesthesia is a challenge in the practical work and hard to practice for medical students. In order to provide better practice facilities, the pupils developed a new solution, which simulates the insertion of the needle for spinal anesthesia on a model.
Injection simulators from the Engineering Week
The 35 pupils were working in groups, so five prototypes were presented at the end of the project days. Overall, the project team focused on three different areas of responsibility: Medical care and scientific writing, mechanics and electronics as well as monitoring and feedback.
One student per group also acted as team leader to keep all the threads together.
Yesterday on the final day, the participants presented their work in front of a jury of professors and academic staff. The jury also tested the simulator and rated the results of the presentation, the simulator test and the quality of the scientific report. Also this year all prototypes convinced. Especially noteworthy is the simulator of the group "2U".
The teams of Prof. Gassert and Prof. Riener supported the pupils during the project. The Engineering Week is held annually. It is a collaboration between the two professors of D-HEST and the D-MAVT, which aims at giving pupils the possibility of an insight into the ETH Zurich, the courses of studies, and the interdisciplinary work at ETH Zurich. HB
