Located on the Okanagan campus of the University of British Columbia, the HVPL is pioneering breakthroughs in Biomedical Engineering. Projects currently being researched include the following:

The Next Generation of Prosthetic Heart Valves

• Bileaflet mechanical heart valves
• Pediatric Heart Valves
• Percutaneous heart valves for the aortic and mitral positions
• Bioprosthetic Heart Valves

Soft Robotics: Developing soft robotic technologies for the design of an active prosthetic heart valve

Atherosclerosis: Assessment of atherosclerotic plaque composition during progression in vivo using optical techniques

Orthotics: The next generation of shoe insoles using cryogel biomaterials

Parkinson’s disease: Design and development of a novel passive hand tremor attenuator

Erectile Dysfunction: The goal of this project is to apply the novel mechanics of soft robotics to a penile implant using a wireless-controlled electrical pump.