SP.718 D-Lab Health
Medical Technologies for the Developing World
D-Lab Health provides a multi-disciplinary approach to global health technology design using real world projects and partners. The course explores the current state of global health challenges, and teaches students how to design medical technologies that address those problems. Students will use medical technology design kits to encourage an accelerated introduction to medical device design for developing countries. Example kits include: mobile health informatics, instrument design, diagnostics, microfluidics and drug delivery systems. Guest speakers cover fundamental topics in global health technology and help students identify design challenges. During the spring break, students travel to Nicaragua to work with health professionals to obtain direct knowledge of their medical device challenges.
Course Information
| Instructors: | José Gómez-Márquez, Amit Srivastava |
| Semester Offered: | Spring (offered since Spring 2009) |
| Lecture Location: | 4-149 |
| Lecture Times: | MW2-3, F2-4 |
| Units (credit hours): | 2-2-5 |
| Class Size: | 20 students |
| Grading: | A/B/C/D/F |
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Recent Projects
| 2009 | Cyclone | Pedal-powered centrifuge for developing world laboratories |
| GlucoTank | Sustainable method of testing glucose levels using colormetric tests and CCD readers |
| Nebula | Safe, electric-free nebulization device |
| POP bandage | Post-operative bandage solution with an infection alert and control mechanism |
