{"id":44915,"key":"Global_Health_Medical_Device_Compendium/Mechanical_Uterine_Clamp","title":"Global Health Medical Device Compendium/Mechanical Uterine Clamp","latest":{"id":1267894,"timestamp":"2026-09-10T14:56:02Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"[[File:Mech uter.jpg|thumb]]\n\n{{GHMDC device data\n| health-topic = Maternal mortality\n| classification = Treatment\n| made = No\n| replicated = No\n| manufacturer-location = Virginia, United States\n}}\n\nUterine atony, a loss of uterine muscle tone after cesarean birth, affects more than three million women each year. It can lead to potentially fatal postpartum hemorrhage, and treatment in low-resource clinical setting is often inadequate.\n\n== Detailed description of the solution ==\n\nThe Mechanical Uterine Clamp applies three different levels of compression to the uterus after a cesarean section. This device is simple to use and an inexpensive alternative to uterine massage.\n\n== Designed by ==\n\n* Designed by: This device was designed by a team of five engineering students at the University of Virginia through a course offered by Timothy Allen, an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering. These students are: Kimberly Everett, Vinu Ilakkuvan, Lara Wooten, Katie Youell and Kathryn Barbante. PDF available [http://www.seas.virginia.edu/pubs/impact/pdf/impact_spring09.pdf here].\n* Manufacturer location: The University of Virginia, USA\n\n== Funding Source ==\n\nThis project received funds ($16,100) from the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance in 2008. Link available [http://web.archive.org/web/20140218184521/http://nciia.org/node/456 here].\n\n== References ==\n\n=== Other internally generated reports ===\n\nUniversity of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science. (2009, Spring). Reducing the risk of caesareans. Retrieved January 6, 2013. PDF available [http://www.seas.virginia.edu/pubs/impact/pdf/impact_spring09.pdf here].\n\n=== Externally generated reports ===\n\nNational Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance. (2008). Uterine atony device design team. Retrieved January 6, 2013. Link available [http://web.archive.org/web/20140218184521/http://nciia.org/node/456 here].\n\n{{Page data\n| sdg = SDG03 Good health and well-being, SDG09 Industry innovation and infrastructure\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n| language = en\n}}"}