{"id":1331,"date":"2019-09-13T20:24:44","date_gmt":"2019-09-13T20:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/?p=1331"},"modified":"2019-09-13T20:30:18","modified_gmt":"2019-09-13T20:30:18","slug":"tonkin-liu-shrinks-architectural-shell-lace-structure-to-create-prototype-windpipe-stent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/2019\/09\/13\/tonkin-liu-shrinks-architectural-shell-lace-structure-to-create-prototype-windpipe-stent\/","title":{"rendered":"Tonkin Liu shrinks architectural shell lace structure to create prototype windpipe stent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2018\/10\/16\/tonkin-liu-lace-structure-prototype-windpipe-stent-design\/\">View original article here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Augusta Pownall<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tonkin-liu-stent_dezeen_hero-1704x959-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tonkin-liu-stent_dezeen_hero-1704x959-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tonkin-liu-stent_dezeen_hero-1704x959-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tonkin-liu-stent_dezeen_hero-1704x959-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tonkin-liu-stent_dezeen_hero-1704x959-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tonkin-liu-stent_dezeen_hero-1704x959-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tonkin-liu-stent_dezeen_hero-1704x959-746x420.jpg 746w, https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tonkin-liu-stent_dezeen_hero-1704x959.jpg 1704w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Architects&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/tag\/tonkin-liu\/\">Mike Tonkin and Anna Liu<\/a>&nbsp;have created a prototype stent that adapts to a patient&#8217;s throat for use after tracheal transplant surgery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tonkin and Liu, founders of London-based architecture studio Tonkin Liu, adapted the design of their single surface structural technology \u2013 called the shell lace structure \u2013 to create the stent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"852\" height=\"831\" src=\"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tonkin-liu-shell-lace-stent-column-1.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1332\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlike the tubular mesh stents commonly used after surgery on the windpipe, their version is C-shaped and fits to the individual shape of each person&#8217;s throat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The prototype has been manufactured from medical grade silicone with a perforated surface that allows the wound to breath, and makes drug delivery to the tissues possible, which together prevent infection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"907\" src=\"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tonkin-liu-stent_dezeen_2364_col_0-1024x907.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tonkin-liu-stent_dezeen_2364_col_0-1024x907.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tonkin-liu-stent_dezeen_2364_col_0-300x266.jpg 300w, https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tonkin-liu-stent_dezeen_2364_col_0-768x681.jpg 768w, https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tonkin-liu-stent_dezeen_2364_col_0-696x617.jpg 696w, https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tonkin-liu-stent_dezeen_2364_col_0-1068x946.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tonkin-liu-stent_dezeen_2364_col_0-474x420.jpg 474w, https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tonkin-liu-stent_dezeen_2364_col_0-1920x1702.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Alerted to an unmet medical need by a clinical researcher at a talk they took part&nbsp;in 2014, the architects set about making prototypes of possible stents using the structure as their starting point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They worked with engineers Arup to develop the concept, and secured funding for a year long research and development project from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/innovate-uk\">Innovate UK<\/a>, the British government&#8217;s innovation fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The architectural version of the shell lace structure has now been adapted and recreated 500 times smaller for the medical device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>These architects took a large structure from other existing designs and made it into a usable medical device. They also examined a custom-fit design so the stent adjusts to each person. This approach could be interesting because there may be a need for a more personal design instead of existing universal solutions.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>View original article here Augusta Pownall Architects&nbsp;Mike Tonkin and Anna Liu&nbsp;have created a prototype stent that adapts to a patient&#8217;s throat for use after tracheal transplant surgery. 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