Highlighted Projects
Biomechanics Robotic Testing Machine
Here at GA Engineering innovation is what we do. We designed a low-cost machine that ran with MATLAB and Arduino. The machine consisted of a simple mechanical structure combined with a few other hardware components such as an IMU, accelerometer, linear actuator, and a pulley system. The machine yielded 50X-100X optimization in lead time & costs for testing innovative medical devices.
We designed everything in-house from the mechanical design to the software and firmware that was utilized on the machine.
3D Printed Surgical Guides
We designed an innovative surgical guide that was printed with biocompatible material from an SLA printer. The surgical guide helped with the treatment planning and facilitated the positions and selection of an implantable medical device.
Surgical Instrumentation
A surgical instrument that was utilized to crimp a medical device was costly to manufacture and would bend after many cycles of repeated use. The solution consisted of FEA analysis and using sheet metal manufacturing instead of CNC. The surgical tool had a 10x reduction in cost and reduction in manufacturing time. The tip of the surgical tool was also redesigned to withstand higher loads and cyclical loading.
CNC Go/No-Go Gauge for the Inspection of Medical Device Critical Dimensions.
We designed a CNC 316 stainless steel metal gauge to inspect the critical dimensions of an implantable medical device. This gauge resulted in the inspection lead time being improved by 10X and the inspection cost was reduced to almost nothing when compared to the original inspection method.
Foot & Ankle Medical Device
We had to come up with a solution for an implantable device that could help reconstruct a deformed foot. An example is a diabetic patient that has Charcot foot or a patient who had a traumatic injury to their foot.
The solution involved a medical device that consisted of two implantable rods which had an interlocking mechanism designed to be internal to the bone. There was an additional external plate that could also be used to fuse additional bones with aligning holes corresponding to the main rod. The rod and plate had an interlocking mechanism utilizing fasteners.