Engineering Open-Source Medical Devices: A Reliable Approach for Safe, Sustainable and Accessible Healthcare

Preface: The UBORA project

I. FUNDAMENTALS

1. The medical industry: Present situation, global health concerns and outlook

2. General considerations for engineering open-source medical devices

3. Systematic assessment of needs and viability analyses

II. DESIGN METHODS FOR OPEN-SOURCE MEDICAL DEVICES

4. Creativity promotion: Collaborative design environments & open-innovation

5. Safety-guided design methods for open-source medical devices

6. Design and simulation of open-source medical devices

III. MANUFACTURING METHODS FOR OPEN-SOURCE MEDICAL DEVICES

7. Prototyping of open-source medical devices

8. Manufacturing of personalized open-source medical devices

9. Mass-production of open-source medical devices

IV. MAKING A REAL IMPACT WITH OPEN-SOURCE MEDICAL DEVICES

10. Open-source medical device approval and certification

11. Marketing open-source medical devices: Managing quality and supply chain

12. Issues linked to the long-term sustainability of open-source medical devices

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ANNEXES

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030793621
• ISBN13: 9783030793623
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 271 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"