TinyTrach, a team of interdisciplinary engineering students from Rice University, created an innovative pediatric endotracheal tube (ETT) integrated with a camera and anchoring system that could make intubation procedures safer for babies 1 month and older by ensuring precise placement, stable anchoring and visibility access for up to 14 days.
The challenge was introduced to the team by Dr. Parag Jain, associate professor in pediatrics critical care at Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine, who served as TinyTrach’s clinical advisor and one of its mentors.
“Intubation is a critical procedure for children undergoing surgery and critically ill patients, providing vital respiratory support while under sedation,” Jain said. “However, existing solutions lack a complete video-assisted intubation for pediatric-sized ETTs, which often results in significant morbidity and sometimes mortality.”
The TinyTrach team of Abi Parthasarathy, Mina Ghayour, Rian Philip, Shreya Majeti, Leighton Less, Jack Pearce and Sambhu Balakrishnan has addressed this gap with its capstone design project. The project will compete in the annual Harrell and Carolyn Huff engineering design showcase and competition, which will take place 4:30-7 p.m. April 11 at the Ion.
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