Personalised medical product development: methods, challenges and opportunities

Soe, Shwe

Abstract

Personalised health care in general and personalised medical products in particular aim to provide the optimal diagnosis and treatment with the use of the right medicine, tools and devices to the right patient at the right time in order to meet well technical and clinical requirements as well as individual characteristics of each patient. It offers the increased effectiveness and better patient safety, and finally to obtain the best diagnosis and treatment quality. In this paper, the area of personalised medical product design and development is emphasised with the focus on design and manufacturing of implants, surgical tools, medical devices, orthotics and prostheses. State of the art technologies, methods and resources for developing personalised medical products are presented in which challenges and opportunities are addressed and discussed.

Citation

Le, C. H., Okereke, M. I., Nguyen, V. H., Dao, V. D., Soe, S., Zlatov, N., & Le, T. H. (2011). Personalised medical product development: methods, challenges and opportunities. Romanian Review Precision Mechanics, Optics and Mechatronics, 40, 11--20

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: 2011
• Deposit Date: Aug 23, 2019
• Journal: Romanian Review Precision Mechanics, Optics & Mechatronics
• Print ISSN: 1584-5982
• Electronic ISSN: 2247-8418
• Publisher: Institutul Naţional de Cercetare-Dezvoltare pentru Mecatronică si Tehnica Masurării
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 40
• Pages: 11--20
• Keywords: Personalised health care; medical product development; implants; surgical tools; orthotics.
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/2368165
• Publisher URL: https://www.incdmtm.ro/editura/revista/index.php?pag=show_articol&id_articol=358&lang=en