PROJECT PRESENTATION

For our project presentation, we have chosen the common injury ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament).The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is a cruciate ligament which is one of the four major ligaments of the human knee. In the quadruped stifle(analogous to the knee), based on its anatomical position, it is referred to as the cranial cruciate ligament.

Anterior cruciate ligament injury is the most common knee ligament injury, especially in athletes. Lateral rotational movements in sports like these are what cause the ACL to strain or tear. Strains can sometimes be fixed through physical therapy and muscle strengthening, though tears almost always require surgery. The most common method for repairing ACL injuries is arthroscopic surgery. Other common injuries accompanying ACL tears aremeniscus, MCL, and knee cartilage tears.

The symptoms for ACL injury includes swelling, pain, feeling of hearing a 'pop' , loss of range of motion and loss of strength

ACL reconstructive surgery can utilize several different tendons and grafts in place of the torn ACL including the hamstring, patellar tendon, semitendinosus tendon, gracillus tendon, and the plantaris. There is great controversy as to which source produces the strongest, most stable ACL replacement. Many orthopedic surgeons prefer to use tendons and grafts from cadavers; therefore the patient does not have to rehabilitate more than just their ACL. Others prefer to use tendons directly from the patient in order to counteract the potential for an immune system rejection of the cadaver tissue. Furthermore surgeons have the choice between several surgical techniques to fixate the ACL replacement to the femoral bone: staple fixation, tying sutures over buttons, and screw fixation. There are several studies currently testing all the variables involved in ACL reconstructive surgery accounting for the lifestyle, age, and future goals of the ACL reconstruction patients. There are no quantitative results as to which combination of ligament and grafts work best with the different surgical techniques for every individual.

LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION !

GROUP MEETING

The Way To Solve The Game Mission

Cast (Common Bone Repair)

Set (align) the arm bone (as shown on the layout on the mat), then apply the blue cast. The cast needs to be all the way down, and it needs to completely cover the break.

Bone Bridge (Special Bone Repair)Insert the bone bridge in the leg. Test the repair. Move the leg so the foot kicks the ball to the goal. 
Only the leg with the bone bridge can move the foot. The robot must pivot the leg only. Only the foot can move/propel the ball. The bone bridge must not touch the mat.

There are two ways of getting the points for bone bridge: The referee can inspect the bone bridge at the end of the match and checks if the bone bridge is inserted all the way down. OR: A goal was scored by a bone with a correct inserted bone bridge. At the end of the match the ball must be touching the green area in the goal.

Detect White Blood Cells 

Get the syringe to Base. Then separate the white blood cells from the red ones (this part can be done by hand). The syringe and any blood cells in it may be handled/separated by hand as soon as any part of the syringe reaches Base. Finally, get ONLY the whites blood cells into the patient’s area (anywhere in the non-orange region at the east of the mat). 

Touch Penalty Objects Red blood cells are touch penalty objects. They’re each worth 5 points anywhere on the field. Touching the active robot outside Base will cause the referee to take one red blood cell from the field, each time, until they’re gone. 

Bad Cell Destruction Randomly some bad cells (black panels) are set by the referee to face South, and the rest to face North. This randomization happens whenever the robot is outside Base, unless the robot is currently interacting with the cells, or has already gotten them into scoring position. There are two possibilties to get points, but only one will be scored: Show bad-cell identification by aligning bad cells such that the blacks face up or North only. OR: Show bad-cell destruction by aligning bad cells such that all 5 blacks face North only. Positions must be fully clicked in either case. 

Prostetic Hand 
Get the prosthetic hand to hold the patent. If two prosthetic hands are holding the patent, both teams get full points. 

Cardiac Patch Get the cardiac patch into the heart. 

Pace Maker 
Install the pace maker in the heart so that the free end of the black tube is in the heart, but the gray body of the pace maker is not. 

Nerve Mapping Move the brain’s West input nerve to see which nerve shows an East output signal. The red of one of the output nerves needs to be obviously moved outward from the brain. 
 

Object Control Through Thought 
Open the door at least half way by only moving the brain’s South input nerve. 

Medicine Auto-Dispensing 
Dispense all of the blue and white, but no pink medicine from the dispenser. Also, get the container with blue and white medicine (at least one of each) into the patient’s area. 

Robotic Sensitivity 
Get the weight to the up position by pushing the blue panel softly only. 

Professional Teamwork 
Move both the doctor and the biomedical engineer to the patient in the patient’s area. 

Bionic Eyes 
Move at least one bionic eye so it’s touching the upper body (solid or outline) of the person at the center of the playing field. 

Stent 
Widen the constricted artery by inserting the stent. All artery walls must be obviously parallel to each other.