Student group’s challenge

“I had a group that went for a technological innovation which was not possible in terms of feasibility. But the students completely went for it and developed a prototype. The problem concerned intravenous infusion (IV). It was about how an IV is especially painful for patients who have to have an IV on their arm for a long time. […] Apparently, the biggest problem is that if something pulls on the IV, it really hurts patients. And then the risk of infection is also higher. So, the students wanted to do something about the problem of pulling on the IV. […] The students came up with a system of a sort of garden hose, a model for the arm. [….] They (students) developed a system with a sort of rolled-up garden hose inside the IV, and if something pulls on the IV […] there is room inside the IV so that patients do not feel it in their arm. […] I do not know whether that innovation is really feasible, I do not really think so, but the students went for it, and they also built a prototype for it” [T11 pulling on IV].

Teaching activities

“I sent the students to a physiologist, so that the students had to think for which types of liquids their solution works” [T11 pulling on IV].