Design of a syringe extension device (Chloe SED®) for low-resource settings in sub-Saharan Africa: a circular economy
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Research article by Samenjo KT, Ramanathan A, Gwer SO, Bailey RC, Otieno FO, Koksal E, Sprecher B, Price RA, Bakker C and Diehl JC
Interventions that can be integrated into the healthcare system in low-resource settings to provide women needing paracervical blocks remain urgent. Based on a context-specific approach while leveraging circular economy design principles, this research catalogues the development of a new medical device called Chloe SED® that can be used to support the provision of paracervical blocks. Chloe SED®, priced at US$ 1.5 per device when produced in polypropylene, US$ 10 in polyetheretherketone, and US$ 15 in aluminium, is attached to any 10-cc syringe in low-resource settings to provide paracervical blocks. The device is designed for durability, repairability, maintainability, upgradeability, and recyclability to address environmental sustainability issues in the healthcare domain.
The device is designed for durability, repairability, maintainability, upgradeability, and recyclability to address environmental sustainability issues in the healthcare domain. Achieving the design of Chloe SED® from a context-specific and circular economy approach revealed correlations between the material choice to manufacture the device, the device’s initial cost, product durability and reuse cycle, reprocessing method and cost, and environmental impact.
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