Radnor, Pa.-based Main Line Health is helping nurses and other frontline workers bring medical devices from concept to commercialization through a partnership with the Lankenau Institute for Medical Research and affiliated ventures.
The health system created an innovation pipeline that supports staff in identifying care delivery problems and developing patented solutions with researchers and engineers. The program has already produced devices aimed at preventing falls, supporting patient limbs during wound care and improving catheter insertion in home health settings, according to a Sept. 21 report from WHYY.
Barbara Wadsworth, executive vice president and COO of Main Line Health, helped develop a motion-sensor device that detects falls in real time and deploys an airbag-like cushion to reduce injuries. The concept is now in the prototype phase.
Other inventions devised by nurses include a limb support system and the AccuCatheter kit for sterile catheter placement.
Ms. Wadsworth said the program empowers clinicians with firsthand experience to drive safety and quality improvements at the bedside.
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