The RAIS Device for Global Surgery: Using a Participatory Design Approach to Navigate the Translational Pathway to Clinical Use.

M Marriott WebbP BridgesN AruparayilC ChughT BeaconT SinghS S SawhneyLovenish BainsR HallDavid G JayneJ GnanarajA MishraPeter R Culmer

Published in: IEEE journal of translational engineering in health and medicine (2022)

Using a context-specific development approach with close engagement of stakeholders was crucial to develop the RAIS system for low-resource regions. The outcome is translation from global health need into a fully realized commercial instrument which can be used by surgeons in low-resource regions across India.

Keyphrases

global health
public health
minimally invasive
coronary artery bypass
social media
quality improvement
patient reported outcomes
percutaneous coronary intervention
acute coronary syndrome