A pilot biomedical engineering course in rapid prototyping for mobile health.

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A pilot biomedical engineering course in rapid prototyping for mobile health.

Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2013 Jul;2013:2515-2518

Authors: Stokes TH, Venugopalan J, Hubbard EN, Wang MD

Abstract

Rapid prototyping of medically assistive mobile devices promises to fuel innovation and provides opportunity for hands-on engineering training in biomedical engineering curricula. This paper presents the design and outcomes of a course offered during a 16-week semester in Fall 2011 with 11 students enrolled. The syllabus covered a mobile health design process from end-to-end, including storyboarding, non-functional prototypes, integrated circuit programming, 3D modeling, 3D printing, cloud computing database programming, and developing patient engagement through animated videos describing the benefits of a new device. Most technologies presented in this class are open source and thus provide unlimited “hackability”. They are also cost-effective and easily transferrable to other departments.

PMID: 24110238 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher]

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Tags: 3D printing, Product management, Rapid prototyping, robotics, Solid freeform fabrication