Translating medical device innovations to market - a Ugandan perspective

BMC Research Notes

Research Note

Brian Matovu¹  Lucy Kevin Namuli¹  Charles Norman Mpaata¹  Robert Tamale Ssekitoleko¹  Mercy Takuwa¹  Julius Mugaga¹  Jackline Winfred Baluka¹  Racheal Nalwoga¹  Benedict Mulindwa¹  Maria K Wolters² 

[1] Biomedical Engineering Unit, Department of Physiology, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda;Institute of Design Informatics, School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK;

关键词: Medical devices;    Medical device innovation;    Medical device translation;    Medical device regulation;    Translational pathways;    Interdisciplinary collaborations;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s13104-023-06541-6

 received in 2022-11-21, accepted in 2023-09-26,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

There is a disparity between low and middle-income countries (LMICs) and high-income countries (HICs) in translating medical device innovations to the market, affecting health care service delivery. Whereas medical technologies developed in HICs face substantial challenges in getting to the bedside, there are at least clear pathways in most of the major markets, such as the UK, the EU, and the USA. Much less is known about the challenges that innovators of medical technologies face in LMICs. The aim of this study was to map out current bottlenecks in medical device innovation in Uganda, a LMIC in Sub-Saharan East Africa.A cross-sectional survey was carried out using a digital questionnaire. Twenty-one individuals completed the questionnaire, with the majority being medical device innovators (n = 12). Only one of these had undertaken all the innovation stages, up to clinical validation. Very few innovators had established companies, and/or acquired intellectual property. It is evident from similar studies that challenges in medical device translations are multidimensional, and hence interdisciplinary collaborations are key to accelerating translation processes, especially for LMICs.

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