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Tiny origami-based windshield wiper for laparoscopes
NSF-supported graduate student Jacob Sheffield at Brigham Young University created this tiny origami-based device that serves as a miniature windshield wiper for the lenses of laparoscopes. Called LaparoVision, the device earned Sheffield the title of "2021 Student Innovator of the Year" at BYU.
[Research supported by U.S. National Science Foundation grant TI 2213695.]
Learn more in the Brigham Young University news story Student-created, origami-based windshield wiper solves laparoscopic surgery conundrum. (Date of image: June 2021; date originally posted to NSF Multimedia Gallery: Nov. 22, 2024)
Credit: Jaren Wilkey/BYU photo
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