College
College of Engineering and Polymer Science
Date of Last Revision
2025-01-14 08:40:52
Major
Mechanical Engineering
Honors Course
497
Number of Credits
2
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science
Date of Expected Graduation
Fall 2024
Abstract
The objective for our senior design project was to design a better uterus manipulator to assist with hysterectomies. We worked with our advisor Dr. Sam Song from the university’s Mechanical Engineering department. There are a variety of uterus manipulators on the market currently, each with unique design features to make the manipulator safer and more effective (van den Haak et al, 2015). Our group’s design modifies and sets itself apart from manipulators currently on the market. Going off others’ attempts to make a better manipulator (Fournelis, 2022), the key modifications our design incorporates are an additional degree of freedom (for a total of two degrees of freedom), stabilizing features to prevent unwanted slippage, and the ability to attach it to a motor and foot pedal switch that allows a surgeon to control the manipulator. In addition, some of the constraints the project had included choosing appropriate materials that are safe to use in the human body, and limited finances and time to create a device. The outcome at the end of the project is a working prototype of the manipulator with the above features, as well as a literature review paper.
Research Sponsor
David Peters
First Reader
Christopher C. Daniels
Second Reader
Amir Nourhani
Honors Faculty Advisor
Sam Song
Proprietary and/or Confidential Information
No
Recommended Citation
Eggleston, Jeremiah; Pishnery, Nicole; and Navaneetha Raj, Siddharth, "Development of a 2-DOF Robotic Uterus Manipulator" (2024). Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects. 1908.
https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/honors_research_projects/1908
