Ann Conkle
May 9, 2012
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VIDEO - Helping patients breathe easier during surgery
A physician in Houston asked Rice University students to help him literally relieve his patients’ burdens. In response, a team of bioengineering seniors built a prototype device to lift the abdominal weight of obese patients who, while undergoing surgical procedures, might otherwise have trouble or stop breathing due to sedation.â¨
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