Otoscreen
Early help for hearing loss
Innovation in health care
From unmet medical needs to innovations, with Biodesign Finland. See this and other fascinating projects on display in the Designs for a Cooler Planet main exhibition in Marsio on 6 Sept – 3 Oct 2024.
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Innovation usually starts with an idea; a tentative solution for meeting a need in the market. The Biodesign process begins by identifying the need before even considering the solution.
By intensively immersing themselves in the everyday life of hospitals and clinics, multidisciplinary teams translate their observations into needs and problems, and select the most relevant ones to solve. Only then do they begin to develop solutions.
Outcomes can vary from a drug-free alcoholism treatment to improved perinatal health care and better detection of early-stage hearing loss. The Biodesign programme trains need-driven innovators to develop new medical technologies for the benefit of patients all over the world.
Projects on display
Natal Mind
Calmer pregnancy and better birth with a digital doula and the Nordic Method
Further reading
Avatars and genuine interaction
Aalto University’s researchers are contributing to the creation of redesigned maternity and child health clinics and positive childbirth experiences in their research projects. The visions seize the potential of technology, such as childbirth simulation in a 3D-video conference using an avatar, a virtual character. On the other hand, the researchers would also like to hold on to the best practices from the past, such as the traditional child health clinic card, genuine human interaction and the rotina tradition, visits by family and close-ones to meet the newborn and bring foods as a gift.
Pitching in ice cold water and childbirth are both leaps into the unknown
The Natal Mind research team won the Polar Bear Pitching competition last weekend in Oulu. Obstetrician Aura Pyykönen tells us what it was like to pitch in the ice-cold water. Annika Järvelin, Riikka Lemmetyinen and Henni Tenhunen are other members of the winning team at Aalto Department of Industrial Engineering and Management.
Biodesign Finland (external link)
Biodesign Finland improves medical care with a novel entrepreneurial program for selected interdisciplinary teams and creates new business.
Contact
Otto Olavinen
Exhibition team
Otto Olavinen, Impact coordinator for Biodesign Finland (SCI)
Salla Keränen, Program manager for Biodesign Finland (SCI)
Assistant professor Heikki Nieminen, Head of Biodesign Finland (SCI)
Biodesign Finland is a collaboration between
Aalto University
University of Helsinki
Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa
Metropolia University of Applied Sciences
Follow up projects are funded by Business Finland, Research to Business (R2B).
Designs for a Cooler Planet
Visit Designs for a Cooler Planet festival in Otaniemi on 6 Sep – 3 Oct 2024 to challenge your perception of the possible.
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