Innovation Intermediation and Emerging Medical Devices - The Lead-User Method in Practice
| Autor: | John O'Donoghue, Brian O'Flaherty, Joe Bogue |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
| Předmět: |
Engineering
Information Systems and Management Knowledge management business.industry Strategy and Management Functional requirement Computer Science Applications Intermediary Resource (project management) Intermediation Product (category theory) business Lead user Wireless sensor network Information Systems Independent research |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Cases on Information Technology. 15:24-37 |
| ISSN: | 1548-7725 1548-7717 |
| Popis: | This case study explores the application of the Lead-user method in the development of medical applications based on Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) technology by three independent research teams. The study also reflects on the role of student teams as Innovation Intermediaries (Howells, 2006; O’Flaherty, et al. 2013) and as a resource for discovering new medical devices. This exercise produced surprising results, with the emergence of diverse WSN technology product concepts applied to Geriatric Falls Detection & Analysis, Sport Cardiac Screening and Critical Care Vital signs within accident and emergency environments. This case highlights the segmented nature of medical areas and the difficulty in applying a generic WSN technology to meet the functional requirements of the broader individual medical domains. It questions the appropriateness of applying ‘total’ highly functional technologies broadly across highly specialised niche medical areas. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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