Designing better medical devices
Student Engineer of the Year, Francis Pooke with his new tracheostomy kit device. Photo: Supplied UC
When the pressure's on and someone's airway is blocked, sometimes the only solution is an emergency tracheostomy.
But it can be a time consuming procedure with many steps and the risk of complications.
Now a University of Canterbury student has designed a new, simplified version that has halved the time it takes to perform a tracheostomy
Katy Gosset talks to Student Engineer of the Year, Francis Pooke, and looks at the bigger picture of how bioengineering can transform health care.
