Abstract

B. Braun Medical, Inc has a reputation for producing quality medical products since its inception in 1839.  The B. Braun Inflator Syringe is used in Balloon Angioplasty procedures at 30 atm.  Currently, the market is demanding a syringe that can withstand 40 atm of pressure.  The team designed an experimental setup to optically record the deformation of the barrel.  COMSOL® Multiphysics, a Finite Element Analysis (FEA) program, was used to simulate the real data found in experimentation.  The simulated barrel was changed to reflect the properties of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), the team’s suggested design modification to safely withstand 40 atm of pressure.