Engineering World Health Collaboration · 14 July 06 by Chuck Messer
Another open source medical project that we are ramping up in partnership with Engineering World Health has received some attention. We are assisting the winning team of the EWH Cures Competition with some pro bono design work to prepare their product for higher volume manufacturing. I was invited to help judge the competition where we selected a team to receive $100,000 in funding to start a not-for-profit business to make and distribute low-cost lights that treat jaundice.
The device, which will cast blue light onto the skin of infants, helps turn bilirubin, a harmful chemical that is not handled well by the liver, into a more harmless one that can be safely processed by the body. Tackle Design is working with the contest winners to take the design to final implementation and will host a small-scale manufacturing effort with volunteer labor to produce some of the devices to distribute to the developing world. Please contact us to find find out more about the project or how you can participate.
