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In Short: They developed six low-cost neonatal simulator designs to validate and calibrate ventilators.

During the COVID pandemic, Brazil’s Ministry of Health identified a gap in the global market for appropriate testing equipment for ventilators intended for hospitals in the Unified Health System (SUS).

To address this gap, biomedical engineer Sara Gomes Mello Santiago and her adviser, Henrique Takachi Moriya, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Telecommunications and Control Engineering at the University of São Paulo (USP), partnered with the Institute for Technological Research.

Speaking with Medscape’s Portuguese edition, Santiago emphasized the importance of translating clinical needs into technological solutions.

The key aspect of Biodesign is language," Santiago said. "Biomedical engineering acts as a transducer: It takes the problem presented by the healthcare team and translates it into technological parameters, while also interpreting regulatory standards and creating a practical, reproducible solution for the day-to-day work of clinical engineering in hospitals.

Robson Capasso, MD, a professor of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery and Program Development Director at Stanford Mussallem Center for Biodesign, highlighted the shift in training doctors and engineers to focus more on understanding the real problem.

"The big change is training doctors and engineers to spend much more time understanding the real problem than trying to invent a product too early," Capasso said.

Rodrigo Bornhausen Demarch, MD, Chief Innovation Officer at Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, noted the importance of adopting a learner mindset in innovation.

Doctors are trained to be certain and not to make mistakes," Demarch said. "In innovation, this mindset needs to change. Professionals need to adopt the mindset of a learner, quickly test hypotheses, discard what doesn’t work, and rebuild on the basis of what they’ve learned.

Demarch also emphasized the interdisciplinary nature of the Biodesign approach.

"The doctor specializes in clinical pain, the engineer knows how to build and prototype, the business professional understands the business model and how to bring the technology to market," Demarch said.

Background

What's confirmed

• During the COVID pandemic, Brazil’s Ministry of Health identified a gap in the global market for appropriate testing equipment for ventilators intended for hospitals in the Unified Health System (SUS).
• To address this gap, biomedical engineer Sara Gomes Mello Santiago and her adviser, Henrique Takachi Moriya, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Telecommunications and Control Engineering at the University of São Paulo (USP), partnered with the Institute for Technological Research.
• Speaking with Medscape’s Portuguese edition, Santiago emphasized the importance of translating clinical needs into technological solutions.
• The key aspect of Biodesign is language," Santiago said. "Biomedical engineering acts as a transducer: It takes the problem presented by the healthcare team and translates it into technological parameters, while also interpreting regulatory standards and creating a practical, reproducible solution for the day-to-day work of clinical engineering in hospitals.
• Robson Capasso, MD, a professor of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery and Program Development Director at Stanford Mussallem Center for Biodesign, highlighted the shift in training doctors and engineers to focus more on understanding the real problem.
• "The big change is training doctors and engineers to spend much more time understanding the real problem than trying to invent a product too early," Capasso said.
• Rodrigo Bornhausen Demarch, MD, Chief Innovation Officer at Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, noted the importance of adopting a learner mindset in innovation.
• Doctors are trained to be certain and not to make mistakes," Demarch said. "In innovation, this mindset needs to change. Professionals need to adopt the mindset of a learner, quickly test hypotheses, discard what doesn’t work, and rebuild on the basis of what they’ve learned.
• Demarch also emphasized the interdisciplinary nature of the Biodesign approach.
• "The doctor specializes in clinical pain, the engineer knows how to build and prototype, the business professional understands the business model and how to bring the technology to market," Demarch said.

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• When that happens, clinicians are left to ask: Has the mechanism of action failed, was the dose insufficient, was access to treatment inconsistent, is the diagnosis wrong, or does the current complaint no longer reflect active inflammation?
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• “I see this as a positive signal, showing that despite intense competition, there is still a willingness to cooperate,” Jiang Tianjiao, associate professor at the Fudan Development Institute in Shanghai, China, told Al Jazeera.

Sources

• Standardlink
• Medscapelink
• Al Jazeeralink
• The Indian Expresslink
• The-Racelink
• Oilpricelink
• Englishlink
• STATlink
• ScienceAlertlink
• Healthpolicy-Watchlink
• WIREDlink
• Morgridgelink
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