A framework for designing medical devices resilient to low-resource settings

• Main Authors: Davide Piaggio (Author), Rossana Castaldo (Author), Marco Cinelli (Author), Sara Cinelli (Author), Alessia Maccaro (Author), Leandro Pecchia (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background To date (April 2021), medical device (MD) design approaches have failed to consider the contexts where MDs can be operationalised. Although most of the global population lives and is treated in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMCIs), over 80% of the MD market share is in high-r...