Minimally Invasive Device to Treat Adolescent Pectus Excavatum (Sunken Chest Syndrome)

  • Project Year: 2025-26
  • Departments Represented: MEng
  • Industry/Track: Health & Wellbeing

The primary treatment for pectus excavatum is the Nuss procedure which often results in complications due to incision size and contact with internal organs. Our team is developing ELEVEX, a medical device that provides a safer, simpler, and less invasive alternative to current surgical practices. Through collaboration with pediatric surgeons, patients, and other experts in the field, this approach will eliminate the risk of harming internal organs and avoid large incisions while enabling a simpler procedure that expands surgical adoption and treatment accessibility.

  • Advisor(s): Sunghoon Kim
  • Team: Trisha Gupta Sarma [MSE], Tony Wang [ME], Sophie Sinnett [BIOE], Sudipta Das [BIOE]