Improved IV Drip Clamp Enters Clinical Trials
DtM partner Medicine Mondiale has just launched clinical trials of the Improved IV Drip Clamp in Nepal. This product is based on a concept originally developed in the 2001 DtM design studio and seminar course at the MIT Media Lab. The project got a jump-start when DtM incorporated as an independent nonprofit in 2003. In 2004, DtM Fellow Justin Yarrow conducted initial market research at urban and rural health facilities in Bangladesh and India. In 2005, DtM and Medicine Mondiale collaborated to conduct an in-depth clinical needs assessment in the US, Australia, New Zealand, Eritrea, Nepal and Kenya. Medicine Mondiale CEO Ray Avery has worked very hard to carry this product to implementation, and we're all thrilled to see the IV project hurtling forwards under his leadership.
Ray and his team expect to compete the trials, and begin volume production of the clamp, in early 2008. This invention has the potential to improve drug delivery and palliative care, and to save lives, throughout the developing world. To learn more, see the Improved IV Drip Clamp project page.
Photo by Doctors without Borders
Intravenous Drip Therapy at a Mozambique Refugee Camp
Production prototype of the Improved Intravenous Drip Clamp.
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