Need Statements

A way to clearly inform drivers of roadway directions so that confusions and potentially dangerous consequences of routes taken due to driver misinformation can be avoided

A way to ensure that street side parkings are done at places that have lanes specifically designated for them so as to ensure adequate right of way for traffic flows.

There is a need to decrease the time that a surgeon spends separating tissues and arresting bleeding during minimally invasive surgery and open abdominal surgeries.

There is a need to arrest bleeding in blood vessels with a diameter greater than 3 mm while surgeons dissect tissues during minimally invasive and open abdominal surgeries.

There is a need to reduce the damage to surrounding organs and tissues during minimally invasive and open abdominal surgeries while surgeons are dissecting tissues, in order to reduce patient recovery time.

There is a need to reduce the number of repetitive cutting steps performed by the surgeons when dissecting tissues during minimally invasive and open abdominal surgeries in order to decrease surgeon’s fatigue that results from repetitive movements.

A need to move and secure tissues and organs in a manner that allows surgeons to view the surgical site clearly in order to decrease patient safety risks and avoid damage to surrounding tissue during minimally invasive surgery.

During laparoscopic procedures, surgeons have a need to maintain a clear view of the operating field to reduce interruptions

A way to maintain a clean camera lens during laparoscopic procedures in order to minimize the interruptions caused by cleaning the lens, thereby reducing overall surgery time and improving clarity of the surgical field.

There is a need for a low environmental impact and low cost laparoscopic instrument that can cut through tissue and stop bleeding, enabling use with multiple patients and reduction in operation costs.

A need for the surgeon to move tissues and organs without causing damage during minimally invasive and open abdominal surgery

During laparoscopic cholecystectomies there is a need for a time-efficient method that allows surgeons to remove the detached gall bladder through an incision in the abdominal wall created for a trocar without spilling any bile or stones from the gall bladder.