{"id":118741,"key":"Open-source_design_of_medical_devices","title":"Open-source design of medical devices","latest":{"id":1224346,"timestamp":"2026-01-09T00:37:42Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"{{FAST notice}}\n\n[[File:Osmedpic.jpg|thumb]]\n\n{{Publication data\n| type = Paper\n| cite-as = Jorge Otero, Joshua M. Pearce, David Gozal & Ramon Farré, Open-source design of medical devices. ''Nature Reviews Bioengineering'' (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44222-024-00162-9 [https://www.academia.edu/114954454/Open_source_design_of_medical_devices open access preprint]\n}}\n\nOpen-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.\n\n{{Pearce publications notice}}\n\n== See also ==\n\n{{Pearce-OSmedical}}\n\n* [[Economic Efficiency of an Open-Source National Medical Lab Software in Canada]]\n* [[Maximizing Returns for Public Funding of Medical Research with Open-source Hardware]]\n* [[Economic Potential for Distributed Manufacturing of Adaptive Aids for Arthritis Patients in the U.S.]]\n* [[Quantifying the Value of Open Source Hardware Development]]\n\n{{Page data\n| keywords = economics, open-source, health, public health, open hardware, medical devices\n| sdg = SDG03 Good health and well-being, SDG09 Industry innovation and infrastructure\n| organizations = FAST, Western\n| authors = Jorge Otero, Joshua M. Pearce, David Gozal & Ramon Farré\n| description = Open-source medical devices on Appropedia show how simple fabrication and local materials can support fair access to healthcare tools in underserved regions.\n}}\n\n[[Category:FAST Completed]]\n[[Category:health]]\n[[Category:open source software]]\n[[Category:Research]]\n[[Category:Medical devices]]\n[[Category:Distributed manufacturing]]\n[[Category:Economics]]\n[[Category:Public health]]\n[[Category:Medical]]"}