Product-Service Design to Improve Self-Monitoring after Myocardial Infarction at the LUMC

In the Netherlands alone, an estimated 730,000 persons are currently diagnosed with coronary heart disease (CHD), 120,000 with heart failure, and 260,000 with atrial fibrillation. As of 2014, cardiovascular disease accounted for 27% of all deaths1. The cardiology department of the Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC) has a regional role in...

Concept design of a new portable medical device for lymphedema monitoring: A EIT Health ClinMed Summer School Project

Lymphedema is a chronic and progressive condition derived from impaired lymphatic system function. Lymphedema is incurable, progressive, disfiguring, disabling and has adverse psychosocial effects. Upper extremity lymphedema is mainly the consequence of breast cancer surgery. Several methods to diagnose lymphedema exist; however, these...

Designing a monitoring device for cardiovascular patients

Due to the recent advancements in artificial intelligence based sound analysis, digital stethoscopes soon will be ready to leave behind the clinics of general practitioners, cardiologists, and pulmonologists and move to the homes of patients. But which patients could benefit the most from the technology and how would this step affect the design...

The design of a self-monitoring solution to detect comorbidity in cardiovascular disease

Chronic diseases often come together. Having one disease increases the risk of having another different disease. A coexisting disease, also known as a comorbidity, drastically decreases the quality of life and can result in further health decline, as they come unnoticed and untreated. Detection of the first disease signs gives rise to timely...

Nourishing engineers’ self-management skills by means of a Product Service System to (re)connect body and mind

Contemporary professional life gives stress for granted; it is not just necessary but an essential part of our lives. Stress is not a problem in itself, without it, we wouldn't feel any motivation to improve our daily life; but when it starts to reach the limits of our tolerance, it can begin to affect our every day, making us feel sick, anxious...