I met a nurse who was explaining a
problem they were having it at the
hospital. She explained that they were
experiencing palmar infiltrates at several
leading pediatric hospitals around the
world.
I thought that if I'm going to bring a new
product market, I'm not going to
just bring an armboard, I'm going to do
it right.
Metaphase is the leading expert in
ergonomic design, primarily, medical
represents roughly fifty to seventy-five
percent of our business.
There's been a tremendous amount of
research that has has supported all
aspects of the design of all of
I.V. House's products.
We'll look at the traditional armboard. It's a piece of
plywood that is taped to the arm. There
is no human factor consideration
whatsoever, and I would put that in a
class with many medical products that is
the most primitive solution brought into
a point-of-care situation. So when you
look at the the Ultra splint it
addresses many of the fundamental needs
that that ignores.
One of the challenges, and
it's a big one, the safety challenge is
nicking a vein and having fluid really
escape and start to deposit in the
palmar side of the hand. And if you're on
a regular arm splint you can't see that.
So addressing the safety aspects we have
many "windows" in the splint that
allow you to visualize key areas of the
anatomy without having to remove the
splint itself. But if you do need to
remove the splint it's easy-off with the
Velcro® points of attachment. But equally
important is the mapping of the splint
to fit the anatomy, as opposed to the
traditional splint – you get the anatomy
to fit the flat splint. It doesn't make
any sense.
So when you look at the surface topology
of the IV splint, it's definitely not flat.
It mimics the way that we are built and
it also places the the hand and the
wrist and the forearm in the ideal
orientation to really facilitate good
delivery of I.V. therapy. Then from the clinical
standpoint, designing visual cues so that
when it's seen for the first time
out of the package, they know without a
doubt this is exactly how I use the
product and it's quick, I get it.
Because in a hospital environment
there's no time for learning. The clinical
evidence is in that these products really
do increase dwell times and save money
in the long term, so there's an economic
benefit to using these types of products.
So, the user benefits, nurses who are
handling these things benefit, and the
hospital system benefits.
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