@article {109191,
	title = {Hemodialysis graft resistance adjustment device},
	journal = {ASME Journal of Medical Devices},
	volume = {6},
	year = {2012},
	pages = {021011-021016},
	abstract = {Up to eight percent of patients develop steal syndrome after prosthetic dialysis access graft placement, which is characterized by low blood flow to the hand. Steal syndrome results in a cold hand, pain, and in extreme cases, loss of function and tissue damage. A practical and easy way of adjusting the fluidic resistance in a graft to attenuate the risk of steal physiology would greatly benefit both surgeons and patients. This paper describes the design and development of a device that can be attached to a dialysis access graft at the time of surgical implantation to enable providers to externally adjust the resistance of the graft postoperatively. Bench level flow experiments and magnetic setups were used to establish design requirements and test prototypes. The Graft Resistance Adjustment Mechanism (GRAM) can be applied to a standard graft before or after it is implanted and a non-contact magnetic coupling enables actuation through the skin for graft compression. The device features a winch-driven system to provide translational movement for a graft compression unit. We expect such a device to enable noninvasive management of steal syndrome in a manner that does not change the existing graft and support technologies, thus reducing patient complications and reducing costs to hospitals.},
	author = {Brandon J. Hopkins and Huayin Wu and William H. Marks and Qimin Quan and Samuel B Kesner and Keith Ozaki and Conor J Walsh}
}
@conference {259991,
	title = {Towards a Compact Robotically Steerable Thermal Ablation Probe},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation},
	year = {2012},
	month = {14-18 May},
	pages = {709-714},
	address = {Saint Paul, Minnesota},
	author = {Carmen M. Graves and Alexander H. Slocum and Rajiv Gupta and Conor J Walsh}
}
@conference {109146,
	title = {Classroom to Clinic: Merging Education and Research to Efficiently Prototype Medical Devices},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE Healthcare Innovation Conference: Translational Engineering in Health \& Medicine},
	year = {2012},
	month = {November 7-9},
	address = {Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Houston, TX},
	author = {Nevan C. Hanumara and Conor J Walsh and Lynn R. Osborn and Rajiv Gupta and Alexander H. Slocum}
}
@proceedings {109136,
	title = {Cranial Drilling Tool with Retracting Drill Bit Upon Skull Penetration},
	journal = {ASME Design of Medical Devices Conference},
	year = {2012},
	month = {10-12 Apr.},
	address = {Minneapolis, MN},
	author = {Paul Loschak and Kechao Xiao and Hao Pei and Samuel B Kesner and Ajith J Thomas and Conor J Walsh}
}
@proceedings {109141,
	title = {Differential Spring Stiffness Design for Finger Therapy Device: Bio-inspired from Stiff Pathological Finger Joints},
	journal = {ASME Design of Medical Devices Conference},
	year = {2012},
	month = {April 10-12},
	address = {Minneapolis, MN},
	author = {Chen-Hua Yeow and Andrew T. Baisch and Robert D. Howe and Simon G. Talbot and Conor J Walsh}
}
@article {260081,
	title = {Bio-Inspired Design of Soft Robotic Assistive Devices: The Interface of Physics, Biology, and Behavior},
	journal = {Ecological Psychology},
	volume = {24},
	number = {4},
	year = {2012},
	pages = {300-327},
	abstract = {Wearable assistive robotic devices are characterized by an interface, a meeting place of living tissue and mechanical forces, at which potential and kinetic energy are converted to one or the other form. Ecological scientists may make important contributions to the design of device interfaces because of a functional perspective on energy and information exchange. For ecological scientists, (a) behavioral forms are an assembly of whole functional systems from available parts, emerging in energy flows, and (b) nature explores for informationally based adaptive solutions to assemble behavioral forms by generating spontaneous patterns containing fluctuations. We present data from ongoing studies with infants that demonstrate how infants may explore for adaptive kicking solutions. Inspired by the ecological perspective and data from developing humans, ecological scientists may design interfaces to assist individuals with medical conditions that result in physical and/or mental impairment. We present one such device, what is called the {\textquotedblleft}second skin,{\textquotedblright} to illustrate how a soft, prestressed material, worn on the skin surface, may be used synergistically with synthetic and biological muscles for assisting action. Our work on the second skin, thus far, suggests a set of ecologically inspired principles for design of wearable assistive robotic devices.},
	url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10407413.2012.726179},
	author = {Eugene Goldfield and Yong-Lae Park and Bor-Rong Chen and Wen-Hao Hsu and Diana Young and Michael Wehner and Damian G. Kelty-Stephen and Leia Stirling and Marc Weinberg and Newman, D. and Radhika Nagpal and Elliot Saltzman and Kenneth G. Holt and Conor J Walsh and Wood, Robert J.}
}
@article {260046,
	title = {CT-Compatible Medical Drilling Stylet for Percutaneous Interventions},
	journal = {ASME Journal of Medical Devices},
	volume = {6},
	number = {4},
	year = {2012},
	pages = {041001},
	url = {dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.4007280},
	author = {Conor J Walsh and Meskers and Alexander H. Slocum and Rajiv Gupta}
}
@conference {260006,
	title = {Experimental Characterization of Components for Active Soft Orthotics},
	booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics},
	year = {2012},
	month = {24-27 June},
	pages = {1586-1592},
	address = {Rome, Italy},
	author = {Michael Wehner and Yong-Lae Park and Talia Moore and Conor J Walsh and Radhika Nagpal and Eugene Goldfield and Wood, Robert J.}
}
@proceedings {109161,
	title = {Troublesome knowledge in engineering design courses},
	journal = {6th Annual Conference of the National Academy for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning, and the 4th Biennial Threshold Concepts Conference},
	year = {2012},
	month = {28-29 June 2012},
	address = {Trinity College Dublin, Ireland},
	author = {Donal Holland and Conor J Walsh and Gareth J. Bennett}
}
