New Push for Pint-Sized Medical Devices to Treat Sick Kids
From: Medical Design Technology - 11/02/2015

Improvise isn't a word parents want to hear from their kid's doctor. Yet
pediatric specialists too often have to jury-rig care because many of the
medical devices needed to treat sick children were built for adults.

Part of the problem is size.

Doctors fixed Alice de Pooter's faltering heartbeat by wedging an adult
pacemaker into a baby's body. But the device's large battery bulged so badly
under her rib cage that she struggled to sit upright until her first birthday.

It's also an engineering problem. Children aren't just miniature adults;
their bodies are growing and changing. When adult devices haven't been
formally studied in children, using them in youngsters can raise safety
questions.

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http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2015/11/new-push-pint-sized-medical-devices-treat-sick-kids-0
http://www.biosciencetechnology.com/news/2015/11/new-push-pint-sized-medical-devices-treat-sick-kids