Open-source design of medical devices

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Open-source design of medical devices, following the concept of frugal engineering, provides unrestricted descriptions of technical details, allowing the low-cost and local fabrication of devices to reduce global inequities in healthcare.

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Open Source Devices

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  Development and Evaluation of a Low-Cost Open-Source Nasometer
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  Open Source Inert Gas Glove Box
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  Open-Source Light Calibration System for Hyperbilirubinemia Phototherapy Treatments
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  Open Source Neonatal Light Therapy Device
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  Modular open-source solar photovoltaic-powered DC nanogrids for ambulances
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  Open-source 3D Printable Forearm Crutch
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  Open-source 3-D printable autoinjector: Design, testing, and regulatory limitations
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  Distributed Manufacturing of an Open-Source Tourniquet Testing System
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  Open-Source Designs for Distributed Manufacturing of Low-Cost Customized Walkers
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  Open-source design of medical devices
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  Open source surgical fracture table for digitally distributed manufacturing
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  3D Printed SiOC(N) Ceramic Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Regeneration: Improved Osteogenic Differentiation of Human Bone Marrow‐Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells
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  Overcoming Supply Chain Disruptions During Pandemics by Utilizing Found Hardware for Open Source Gentle Ventilation
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  Open Source 3-D Printed ISO 8655 Compliant Multichannel Pipette
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  Fully dense SiOC(N) cellular structures by integrating FFF 3-D printing with polymer derived ceramics
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  Open-Source Three-Dimensional Printable Infant Clubfoot Brace
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  Antibacterial and anticancer activity of hydrothermally-synthesized zinc oxide nanomaterials using natural extracts of neem, pepper and turmeric as solvent media
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  A review of open source ventilators for COVID-19 and future pandemics
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  Open-Source Medical Hardware for Pandemics
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  Open Source Digitally Replicable Lab-Grade Scales
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  Conversion of Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus Mask to Open Source Powered Air-Purifying Particulate Respirator for Fire Fighter COVID-19 Response
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  Real-Time Eye State Detection System for Driver Drowsiness Using Convolutional Neural Network
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  RepRapable Automated Open Source Bag Valve Mask-based Ventilator
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  Open Source High-Temperature Reprap for 3-D Printing Heat-Sterilizable PPE and Other Applications
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  Parametric Nasopharyngeal Swab for Sampling COVID-19 and Other Respiratory Viruses: Open Source Design, SLA 3-D Printing and UV Curing System
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  Additively Manufactured Parametric Universal Clip-System: An Open Source Approach for Aiding Personal Exposure Measurement in the Breathing Zone
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  Open Source Completely 3-D Printable Centrifuge
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  Low-cost open source ultrasound-sensing based navigational support for visually impaired
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  Ystruder: open source multifunction extruder with sensing and monitoring capabilities
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  Development of a Resilient 3-D Printer for Humanitarian Crisis Response
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  Economic Potential for Distributed Manufacturing of Adaptive Aids for Arthritis Patients in the U.S.
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  Open Source Laboratory Sample Rotator Mixer and Shaker
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  Free and Open Source 3-D Model Customizer for Websites to Democratize Design with OpenSCAD
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  Inhibition of growth of S. epidermidis by hydrothermally synthesized ZnO nanoplates
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  3-D printing open-source click-MUAC bands for identification of malnutrition
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  Open Source 3-D Printed Nutating Mixer
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  Open-source Wax RepRap 3-D Printer for Rapid Prototyping Paper-Based Microfluidics
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  Free and open-source automated 3-D microscope
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  Open-source 3-D Platform for Low-cost Scientific Instrument Ecosystem
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  Open-source syringe pump
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  Open-source mobile water quality testing platform

Health Policy

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  Ethics as if Your Life Depended on It
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  Revisiting National Life Expectancy: The Effect of Including Prenatal Deaths in Canada
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  Reassessing Recreational Cannabis Cultivation Through a Sustainability Lens: Public Health Externalities and Agricultural Opportunity Costs in Canada
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  Quantifying the Human Mortality Costs of Patent-based Intellectual Property: How Many Premature Deaths are due to Patents?
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  Government Economics of Expanding Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying to Vulnerable Populations and the Ethical Implications of Allowing the State to Control Death
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  Quantitative Impacts of Normalizing Gluttony: Case Study of the USA
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  Economic Efficiency of an Open-Source National Medical Lab Software in Canada
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  Low-cost Assistive Technologies for Disabled People Using Open-Source Hardware and Software: A Systematic Literature Review
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  Open-source 3-D Printing in Managing Humanitarian Innovation
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  Maximizing Returns for Public Funding of Medical Research with Open-source Hardware
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  The Case for Open Source Appropriate Technology

• Economic Efficiency of an Open-Source National Medical Lab Software in Canada
• Maximizing Returns for Public Funding of Medical Research with Open-source Hardware
• Economic Potential for Distributed Manufacturing of Adaptive Aids for Arthritis Patients in the U.S.
• Quantifying the Value of Open Source Hardware Development