Posted Jan. 31, 2023, 12:24 p.m. by Lieutenant Commander Dr. Solomon Kane (Chief Science Officer/Research & Development) (James Sinclair)
Posted by Commander Brad Walker (Chief Of Staff/Second Officer) in side - sim: A Desperate Consultation (Tag Walker)
<snip>It was almost a full two days later when Walker and Bonner were paged to the R&D lab.
The room was filled with activity, but in the center of it all stood the wild-haired, tattooed CSO. Kane was standing next to a work bench looking at a small… very small… device. So small, in fact, that Kane had set up magnifiers around the bench. A large holo of the device floated in the air above the bench, and Kane manipulated the image, turning it around on its x and y axis and glaring in his typical fashion.
Kane, CSO / R&D
Brad held back his initial reaction, to compare Kane to a mad scientist, and instead said “Well, that’s certainly… a thing.”
Cmdr. Dr. Brad Walker
Chief of StaffBonner entered a half second after Walker and stopped in front of the table and looked up at the holographic model. It was a thing, a tiny thing that was going to save a life. Or try to anyway. Alexis could technically say Damu and her baby were stable but that changed frequently every day. When she left secondary sickbay they were both stable for the moment.
Bonner, AMO
OOC: Fixing split
“In utero fetal life support device.” Kane said without actually looking at Waljer or Bonner. “Sorry for lack of a clever acronym. Blew the budget on actually making the damn thing. Take a look.” He expanded the holo and began explaining. “So this a conglomeration of various technologies modified and miniaturized for in utero surgical placement onto a developing fetus. It is a full suite of scanners and monitors, like in a biobed, and will report to a secondary monitor on the mother’s biobed. The device will help stimulate bone, organ, and tissue development by utilizing the amniotic fluid and nutrients supplied by the mother as a primary source, but this here-” and he enlarged the holo to focus on a particular part, “- is the port attachment. A full port will be connected to the exterior of the mother and connected internally to the device, allowing us to add whatever the fetus needs that they aren’t getting from the mother. Or, in a pinch, we can bypass the mother supplying anything entirely to take the strain off of her and provide all the needs of the fetus.” He then pointed to an adjacent bench to a large aquarium-looking apparatus. “This is the fail safe. If mom or fetus starts crashing, we have a medical transporter pad built into the bottom of the artifical womb. The device on the fetus registers like a comm badge, so we can transport it from mom to here if need be. You will just have to duplicate the amniotic fluid and fill the chamber before transporting. Now, that will be really dangerous for fetus and mother, so I’d only do it if everything else is failing. Questions so far?” Kane asked and then looked at Walker and Bonner.
Kane, CSO / R&D
Bonner looked at the artificial womb. He’d made both. In two days. Yes, she was impressed. Alexis reached up and turned the image to get a better view of one of the sensors. “Will it have to be surgically removed after? Will the tissue and organs grow beneath it?” Babies grew quickly, she was sure Kane accounted for that on the device, but better to ask instead of assume. They could surgically remove it after if necessary.
Bonner, AMO
“Either surgery or beam it out.” Kane said flatly. “But it can stay in for at least the first two years with no complications. Its in an amnio-protein sheathe that will make sure as the fetus grows, the device isn’t incorporated into any organ. It’ll probably actually just be some sort of cyst that can be removed reactively easily.”
Kane, CSO/R&D
Alexis nodded, made sense and should be easy enough to remove. “Any special considerations concerning that if the port is connected? Obviously a cesarean section will have to be peeformed.”
Bonner, AMO
“You can release the port connection remotely. Did that for emergencies, but if the patient has a need for a natural birth,I don’t see why it couldn’t be done at that time.” Kane said.
Kane, CSO / R&D
That was good to know if it was necessary. However if they needed this device Alexis doubted mother and baby would survive the strain of a natural birth. She made a small motion with her hand for Kane to continue; she was letting the information mull around in her head.
Bonner, AMO
bump for Walker
Brad shrugged. “I’m sold, as long as you have the mother’s consent before you actually perform any surgery to implant it,” he said.
Cmdr. Dr. Brad Walker
Chief of Staff
Kane looked at Walker and said “You’d probably have ta be there too. I can’t see this being done with only one surgeon. One to implant the device… one to maintain the mother. It’s gonna be super-tricky. Lots of variables we can’t account for in here.”
Kane, CSO / R&D
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