With an uprising need for rotator cuff surgeries to be performed on a variety of patient demographics, an adaption to current surgery technique is necessary, as sutures commonly pull through the healing tendon, often leading to a secondary repair surgery. If this second surgery is conducted, the range of motion in the shoulder joint becomes limited, the rehabilitation process is extended, and time and money are wasted. This Major Qualifying Project aims to develop a biocompatible surgical fastener to reattach the affected tendon into its insertion point with compatible mechanical properties that will work cohesively with the current surgical procedures.

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Creator

• Viloudaki, Emily J.
• Brocato, Nicholas J.
• Gallagher, Kristin S.
• Meza, Gabriela

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042417-181126

Advisor

• Ambady, Sakthikumar

Year

• 2017

Sponsor

• Dr. Robert Meislin

Date created

• 2017-04-24

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Biomedical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright