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Type Paper
Title Open-source design of medical devices
Year 2024
Language English (en)
License CC-BY-SA-4.0
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 open access preprint

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.

See also

Open Source Devices

Health Policy

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Keywords economics, open-source, health, public health, open hardware, medical devices
SDG SDG03 Good health and well-being, SDG09 Industry innovation and infrastructure
Authors Jorge Otero, Joshua M. Pearce, David Gozal & Ramon Farré
License CC-BY-SA-4.0
Organizations FAST, Western
Language English ()
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Created February 16, 2024 by Joshua M. Pearce
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