Reprocessing of Syringe Extension Device for Manual Vacuum Aspiration (MVA) procedures in Low Resource Settings in Sub-Saharan Africa

Title

Reprocessing of Syringe Extension Device for Manual Vacuum Aspiration (MVA) procedures in Low Resource Settings in Sub-Saharan Africa: Effects on material and manufacturing choices

 Author

Senthil Athiban, Adithyan (TU Delft Industrial Design Engineering)

Contributor

Diehl, J.C. (mentor) ORCID 0000-0002-4007-2282
Paus-Buzink, S.N. (graduation committee)

Degree granting institution

Delft University of Technology

 Programme

Integrated Product Design

 Date

2022-08-22

 Abstract

Understanding how medical-grade Chemical Sterilization and High-Level Disinfection (HLD), and usage of the device in context affect the integrity of the device within its expected lifetime, and to suggest material choice, manufacturing method and recommend design changes for a syringe extension device, to be used for Manual Vacuum Aspiration Procedures in East Africa.

 Subject

Medical design
Material exploration
medical device

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 Embargo date

2023-08-22

 Part of collection

Student theses

 Document type

master thesis

 Rights

© 2022 Adithyan Senthil Athiban
Files
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