Boston Scientific - Polymers 2010-2011

Faculty Advisor: Alisha Sarang-Sieminski

Sponsor: Boston Scientific

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Biomedical Applications for a Novel Polymer

The Boston Scientific Polymer SCOPE team has worked to characterize two novel polymers and evaluate their potential use in medical devices. Polymers currently play a key role in biomedical devices and have many applications including use in surgical tools, as coatings on implantable devices, and even as components of drug-eluting devices. This year’s SCOPE team researched and identified applications for these novel polymers, developed a testing plan and associated protocols to characterize relevant properties of the novel polymers, and then used these results to inform recommendations on the use of the materials in medical device production.

The team developed and executed six major experiments related to properties particularly significant for biomedical devices.  Through the execution of these experiments, the team produced finalized versions of validated protocols that could be used in the future or further expanded for more comprehensive experiments.

Boston Scientific - Polymers poster

Faculty Advisor

Alisha Sieminski

Team Members

Megan Elsenbeck

Tiama Hamkins-Indik

John Higgins

Rachita Navara

Grace Ou

Team members sitting and standing at a desk smiling