Design of Innovative Medical Stapler
Nowadays, the health sector is an area whose importance has increased considerably. Many countries allocate a significant part of their income to health expenses. Especially emerging new diseases, outbreaks make this mandatory. Many factors such as environmental pollution cause this situation. At this point, the biomedical sector created by engineering and medicine is of great importance. Biomedical includes a large product range from very small surgical apparatus to huge devices. Although huge devices seem to be more important, the importance of surgical apparatuses cannot be denied. China also is a major global supplier of disposable medical devices like syringes and gloves, as well as surgical equipment. During the COVID-19 pandemic, we understand that domestic medical device manufacturers must also rise up to meet this challenge and embrace these opportunities to bring their device and equipment faster to the market after the COVID-19. They need new and novel designs of medical equipment.
One of the operations using surgical apparatuses is joining. Many different methods are used in tissue, organ and skin joining in the health sector. Suture is one of the main methods used at this point. However, in order to gain time and facilitate applicability, different methods were searched. At this point, stapler came to the fore. This method is very easy to apply and also very fast. Especially in skin applications, its use is becoming more and more common. This study is a bachelor's thesis and disposable skin stapler were examined. In the study, firstly, field research was conducted and the opinions of the users were investigated. In parallel with the literature study was completed. In the literature study, refereed and non-refereed journals, national and international congress papers and patents were examined. Based on these two points, the first design was created. This first design was presented to the users again and their ideas were taken. Following this feedback, the final version of the design was created. The new design has many advantages. With the form given to the stapling part, the application places have increased. Stapling can be done with less force. The most important point of the design is its compliance with the different number of staples. In this way, stapler with the number of staples necessary for the operation can be selected and a waste of staples can be prevented. Because biocompatible materials such as titanium are used in skin stapler and these are very expensive. In addition, since there is no staple left, the sterilization process will not be carried out. This is a serious advantage.
In the next stages of the work, firstly, prototype production will be carried out. If the prototype can’t provide the expected features, design improvements will be carried out. If it provides the expected features, other tests of the product will be carried out. After that, patent rights will be taken.
Design of Innovative Medical Stapler
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Undergraduate Expo
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Session: 17-01-01 Research Posters - On Demand
ASME Paper Number: IMECE2020-25282
Session Start Time: ,
Presenting Author: Fatih Karpat
Presenting Author Bio: Dr. Fatih Karpat is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Bursa Uludag University in Turkey. He earned a B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Uludag University, Turkey in 1998 and 2001, respectively. He received the Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Uludag University, Turkey in 2005. Dr. Karpat joined Bursa Uludag University as a faculty in January 2011. In 2014, he was promoted to the rank of associate professor with tenure. He has served as the Vice-Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Uludag University since 2011 in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He was also appointed as the Institutional Coordinator of the Mevlana Exchange Programme in 2013. He was also appointed as the vice director of Uludag University Material Science Research Center in 2018. Prior to joining the faculty, he worked as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Texas Tech University in 2006 and 2010. As a primary advisor, he has supervised and graduated 6 Ph.D. students and 17 M.S. students. He has also managed the Product Design & Development Laboratory in the department. His research interests include, but not limited to, experiments and numerical simulation of power transmission systems (gears, clutch, etc.), lightweight designs, and advanced joining technology (laser welding, etc.), sustainability. Dr. Karpat currently has a number of ongoing projects of which many are related to gears, mechanical design, and product design. His research has been supporting by the Ministry of Science, Industry, and Technology of Turkey, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), the Bursa Uludag University (BUU), the Turkish Aircraft Industries Corporation (TUSAS) and industry. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in the areas of mechanical design, product design, and sustainability. He has published more than 75 peer-reviewed articles. He co-authored "Solved Problems on Design of Machine Elements" in Turkish. He is a member of the European Society of Biomechanics (ESB). He is also a member of the Bursa Uludag University Senate.
Authors: Mehmet Kıvanç Turan Bursa Uludağ University
Ayşegül Eyiçalış Bursa Uludağ University
Emirhan Kartal Bursa Uludağ University
Onur Can Kalay Bursa Uludağ University
Yonca Ayça AkbayBursa Uludağ University
Merve Emetli Bursa Uludağ University
Nuriye Aytimur Bursa Uludağ University
Fatih Karpat Bursa Uludağ University