1. 9Wednesday,October7,2015 www.thestar.co.uk THESTAR
BUSINESS
T
enstudentsare
hopingtomakea
differencetothe
livesofpatientsby
developingnew
medicaldevices
whileonapaid-internship
attheUniversityof
Sheffield’sMedicalAdvanced
ManufacturingResearch
CentreinRotherham.
Theyhavebeenseta
challengetoresearchand
developanorthopaedic
deviceforaclinicalneed
highlightedbysurgeonsat
Sheffield’sNorthernGeneral
Hospital.
DerekBoaler,headofthe
MedicalAMRCgroup,said:
“Wearehopingforgreat
thingsthisyearaswehave
recruitedtworeallystrong
teamsandanticipatethis
willcreateanelementof
competition.
“Wehopeworkingso
closelytomeettheneeds
ofclinicianswillgivetheir
workastrongdirection,
designingsolutionsforreal-
lifeproblemstheNHSwant
solving.”
JamesMorgan,aged20,
amechanicalengineering
studentattheUniversityof
Sheffield,saidtheinternship
appealedtohimbecausehe
wantstousehisdegreeto
makeadifference.
Headded:“IwantwhatI
workontomaketheworld
abetterplace;youcan
dothatthroughmedical
engineering.Youcan
improvetheoutcomesofa
patient’smedicaltreatment,
ultimatelyimprovingthe
qualityofpeople’slives.”
Bytheendofthe
internshipbothteamswill
havemanufacturedapre-
productionprototypeof
theirmedicaldevice,tobe
marketedtothehealthcare
industry.
Theyfollowinthe
footstepsofMedicalAMRC’s
firstfiveinterns,whoin
Julythisyearunveiledthe
ContraWearHand&Wrist.
Theportabledeviceisthe
firstofitskind;awearable
medicaldeviceusing
contrasttherapytohelp
alleviatepain,stiffnessand
inflammationinthejoints.
AMEDICALCHALLENGE
Interncompetitionatresearchcentretodevelopnewdevice
ByDavidWalsh
david.walsh@thestar.co.uk
@TheStarBiz
Backrowfromleft:BenShaw,JacobWeinstock,JamesMorgan,JackAppleyardandGregMadden
Front:EmilyBeatson,FaizanMahmood,RebeccaDoherty,HelenaLiveseyandJordanHamilton
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