Emergency surgical airway simulation is an important part of anesthesia training. Project Members: Alexander Abess, Yvon Bryan, Maya Weerasooriya, Britney Margulies, Alessandra Bryan Institution: Dartmouth Health Project Status: Completed We created a low cost, high fidelity emergency surgical airway simulator using 3D printing. Special thanks to the International Airway Collaborative

We are helping develop a non-invasive continuous blood pressure sensor. Project Members: Alexander Abess, Andrew Closson, Alessandra Bryan, Alec Fields, Yvon Bryan Institution: Dartmouth Health, Thayer School of Engineering We are working with a team from Thayer School of Engineering who have developed methods for fabricating highly flexible and sensitive

Development of an expandable endotracheal tube. Project Members: Alexander Abess, Yvon Bryan, Alessandra Bryan, Derek Colaizzo Institution: Dartmouth Health, Thayer School of Engineering Working with a design team from Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College; we’re taking a radically different approach to designing a modern endotracheal tube.

The goal of the project is to design a device that is capable of identifying the precise location an artery. Project Members: Kiran Guthikonda, Alexander Abess, Cameron Hasund, Julia Bellamy, Margaret Knox, Ariel Attias, Sarah Lou, Scarlett Souter Institution: Dartmouth Health, Thayer School of Engineering

This is the creation of a UV-C enabled attachment to central venous catheters which will prevent CLABSI (central line associated bloodstream infections). Project Members: Alexander Abess, David Hu, Alessandra Bryan, Derek Colaizzo, Akshay Kelshiker Institution: Dartmouth Health, Thayer School of Engineer

Veri-Needle is an innovative device that uses Epidural Waveform Analysis to verify the correct placement of an epidural needle. Project Members: Alexander Abess, Brendan Riordan, Robert Roth, Saif Ansari, Xiangyu Zhao, Diya Mathur Institution: Dartmouth Health, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth

We’re developing a digital tool to effectively communicate patient goals of care. Project Members: Maud Abess, Alexander Abess Institution: Dartmouth Health Development of a digital tool to develop and communicate enhanced advanced care planning for patient goals.

We’re implementing a post-operative delirium prevention bundle to decrease this common complication in older patients undergoing surgery. Our multi-pronged approach to post-operative delirium prevention includes: Pre-operative screening and identification of high risk patients Pre-operative patient and family/caregiver education Intraoperative anesthetic management optimization Post-operative delirium surveillance Non-pharmacologic interventions to mitigate the

IDEA Lab is supporting early development of the WikiAnesthesia Project. Institution: UCLA, Stanford, Johns Hopkins, Dartmouth Project Status: Ongoing IDEA Lab and Dartmouth Anesthesia (Kiran Guthikonda and Clay Hembree) are proud to be helping Chris Rischel and Barrett Larson (both of Stanford Anesthesia) launch WikiAnesthesia. Other early collaborating institutions include

UVGI is a method of disinfection that uses short wavelength ultraviolet light (UV-C) to inactivate or kill microorganisms and pathogens. Staff: Alexander Abess, Greg Lange Institutions: IDEA Lab, Simbex Project Status: Completed IDEA Lab worked with medical device development company Simbex (Lebanon, NH USA) to develop an open source, low