The power of rapid prototyping in surgery
09 Nov 2021
Theatre 1
Innovation In Surgery
Alder Hey Children's Hospital Innovation Hub opened a rapid prototyping centre in 2019. Initially designed to optimise the innovation teams ideas pipeline, it received a baptism of fire during the initial COVID pandemic. Producing 42 prototypes of which 10 were deployed to care and 3 commercialised. It has shown what can be achieved with basic design and build facilities.