Using disruptive innovation to design endoscopic ligators for resource-challenged health settings.
esophageal banding
innovation
ligator
varices
Journal
International health
ISSN: 1876-3405
Titre abrégé: Int Health
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101517095
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
15 Oct 2024
15 Oct 2024
Historique:
received:
18
08
2024
revised:
30
08
2024
accepted:
03
10
2024
medline:
15
10
2024
pubmed:
15
10
2024
entrez:
15
10
2024
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
Commercial single-use endoscopic multiband ligators, used for esophageal variceal band ligation (EVL), are prohibitively expensive. To enable greater access to EVL, we used disruptive innovation to develop a novel endoscopic multiband ligator. We designed and tested a prototype handle 'ENDOhandle' using computer-aided design modeling and exported a cap, trigger cord and latex to form a functional banding unit. The cost of the banding unit was US$4.80 compared with several hundred US dollars for commercially available devices in the USA. Disruptive innovation technology developed an inexpensive ligator for resource-challenged health settings.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Commercial single-use endoscopic multiband ligators, used for esophageal variceal band ligation (EVL), are prohibitively expensive. To enable greater access to EVL, we used disruptive innovation to develop a novel endoscopic multiband ligator.
METHODS
METHODS
We designed and tested a prototype handle 'ENDOhandle' using computer-aided design modeling and exported a cap, trigger cord and latex to form a functional banding unit.
RESULTS
RESULTS
The cost of the banding unit was US$4.80 compared with several hundred US dollars for commercially available devices in the USA.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
Disruptive innovation technology developed an inexpensive ligator for resource-challenged health settings.
Identifiants
pubmed: 39403778
pii: 7822213
doi: 10.1093/inthealth/ihae067
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Informations de copyright
© The Author(s) 2024. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.