The Design and Development of a Low-Cost Syringe Pump to Improve the Quality of Neonatal Care in Low-Resource Settings

该项目将确定对低成本新生儿注射泵的需求，并开发解决方案。该项目将遵循以人为本的设计方法，以找到未满足的临床需求，并开发解决方案，该解决方案符合已确定的限制条件，具有商业化的潜力。该方法将分为5个阶段，称为5D。发现阶段首先通过审查WHO联盟器械清单、研究论文、研究文章、专利和当前器械市场（主要器械制造商、市场规模、市场饱和度和全球趋势），确定对低成本医疗器械的需求，以帮助低资源环境中的外科护理。在定义阶段，需要低成本的新生儿注射泵，专为低资源的医疗保健环境而设计。这一需求将在一份参考最近文献、研究和专利的综述文件中正式确定。在该论文中，定义了注射泵的需求，并将其置于背景中，以确定当前最大的临床需求。与相关利益相关者的访谈和对当前竞争市场的评估有助于确定设备创建产品配置文件所需的设计要求。上述研究将确定需求的参数，以便在设计阶段，构思低成本注射泵并快速原型化以满足设计目标。设计阶段是一个迭代过程。开发阶段将包括对该机制进行台架测试，并将结果报告在一篇论文中。该设计将获得专利。临床医生的反馈将有助于达到必要的设计目标，结果将在另一篇论文中报告。最后阶段将是部署阶段，在此阶段，相关临床医生将在临床环境中对注射泵进行测试。这将获得进一步的反馈，并通过改善患者结局来衡量器械的成功。该器械的设计将针对DFM和MVP进行更改

The need for a low-cost, neonatal, syringe pump will be established and a solution to this need will be developed.The project will follow the methodology of human-centric design to find an unmet clinical need, and develop a solution, that fits within the identified constraints, with the potential for commercialisation. This methodology will be broken down into 5 phases, known as 5D.The Discover phase began by identifying the need for a low-cost medical device, to aid surgical care in low-resource settings, by reviewing WHO consortium device lists, research papers, research articles, patents and current device markets (major device manufacturers, market sizes, market saturation and global trends). In the Define phase, the need for low-cost, neonatal syringe pumps, designed specifically for low-resource healthcare settings. The need will be formalised in a review paper referring to recent literature, research and patents. In the paper, the need for syringe pumps was defined and contextualised to identify the current greatest clinical need. Interviews with relevant stakeholders and evaluation of the current competitive market helped to define the design requirements needed for a device to create a product profile.The above research will define the parameters of the need so that, during the Design phase, a low-cost syringe pump was ideated and rapidly prototyped to meet the design goals. The Design phase was be an iterative process. The Develop phase will involve bench testing the mechanism, with the results reported in a paper. The design will then be patented. Clinician feedback will help meet the necessary design goals, with results reported in an another paper.The final phase will be the Deploy phase in which the syringe pump will be tested, in clinical settings, by the relevant clinicians. This will gain further feedback and measure the success of the device through the improvement of patient outcomes. The device's design will altered for DFM and MVPs produced