Developing the OpenFlexure Microscope towards medical use: technical and social challenges of developing globally accessible hardware for healthcare

The OpenFlexure Microscope is an accessible, three-dimensional-printed robotic microscope, with sufficient image quality to resolve diagnostic features including parasites and cancerous cells. As access to lab-grade microscopes is a major challenge in global healthcare, the OpenFlexure Microscope ha...

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Published in:	Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A: Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences Vol. 382; no. 2274; p. 20230257
Main Authors:	Knapper, Joe, Whiteford, Freya, Rosen, Daniel, Wadsworth, William, Stirling, Julian, Mkindi, Catherine, Mduda, Joram, Sanga, Valerian L, Nyakyi, Paul T, Mboa Nkoudou, Thomas Hervé, Jafsia, Elisée, Fadanka, Stephane, Hummel, Kelsey, Anandasabapathy, Sharmila, Bowman, Richard
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England 09.07.2024
Subjects:	Delivery of Health Care Equipment Design Humans Microscopy - instrumentation Microscopy - methods Point-of-Care Systems Printing, Three-Dimensional - instrumentation Robotics - instrumentation Robotics - statistics & numerical data Robotics - trends Software global health open source microscopy pathology
ISSN:	1471-2962, 1471-2962
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