Design of a syringe extension device (Chloe SED®) for low-resource settings in sub-Saharan Africa: a circular economy approach

Design of a syringe extension device (Chloe SED®) for low-resource settings in sub-Saharan Africa: a circular economy approach

Underfunded healthcare infrastructures in low-resource settings in sub-Saharan Africa have resulted in a lack of medical devices crucial to provide healthcare for all. A representative example of this scenario is medical devices to administer paracervical blocks during gynaecological procedures. Dev...

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Main Authors: Karlheinz Tondo Samenjo, Aparna Ramanathan, Stephen Otieno Gwer, Robert C. Bailey, Fredrick Odhiambo Otieno, Erin Koksal, Benjamin Sprecher, Rebecca Anne Price, Conny Bakker, Jan Carel Diehl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Medical Technology
Subjects:
medical device design
context-driven design
circular economy
health and environment
low-resource settings
sub-Saharan Africa
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmedt.2023.1183179/full

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