The below new devices were created by medical engineers and physicians at AUBMC:

1. Special, Two-Way, Foot-Activated Pump and Stimulator for Anesthesia
   By: Zouheir Khalili, clinical biomedical engineer - Chakib Ayoub, MD
   
   Publications
   C. Ayoub, A. Lteif, M. Rizk, Z. Khalili, S. Aoude (2002) A peripheral nerve stimulator for nerve location controlled by the scrubbed anaesthetist
   Anaesthesia 57 (10), 995–998.
   doi:10.1046/j.1365-2044.2002.02748.x
   
   
   
   
2. Head Device
   By: Joe-Max Wakim, biomedical engineer - Fadi Saikali, biomedical engineer - Youssef Comair, MD - Ali Al Araj, MD
   
   Publications
   A. Alaraj, J-M. Wakim, F. Saykali, E. Louak, M-T. Zakaria, Y. Comair. A New Device for Neuronavigation Without Skull Fixation in Awake Craniotomies for Tumor Resection in Elequent Brain Under Local Anesthesia. Oral and Poster Presentation at the XXXVII Middle East Medical Assembly. May 2-5, 2002. Beirut, Lebanon.
   
   Problem
   Tumors of the central region are best operated on under local anesthesia. The head cannot be fixed under local anesthesia using the below Mayfield retractor because it is uncomfortable for the patient.