Images of Research: Forging sustainable futures
Deflating the Balloon
Category: Prosperous world
The ballooning of the aorta (an aneurysm) can be fatal. The safest way to treat this is by putting a stent-graft in via keyhole surgery. However, this only works for patients with larger arteries, such as men. At Strathclyde, we are developing a computational tool which will be used to improve the design of these medical devices to help make them available to a wider group of patients.
Entrant: Alexandra Wren , Mechanical And Aerospace Engineering
Copyright: Alexandra Wren