Diversity and medical device design: understanding the implications of inventor diversity for improved health outcomes
Diversity and medical device design: understanding the implications of inventor diversity for improved health outcomes
Women account for 30% of the world’s researchers, and 12% of inventors registered on patents. Women are also under-represented in medical invention, both as inventors and as the intended users. This gap has two related causes. First, ideas for inventions are often sparked by personal experience, and so when women are not doing the inventing, the things being invented are not being invented for women. Second, there is a systemic gender bias against women in science, engineering, and R&D, which means that when ideas and inventions are generated by women, they are less likely to be approved, cited, or funded. This paper develops a series of hypotheses and a survey instrument to study the role of inventor gender in medical device design, including the hypothesis that inventors develop solutions that are tailored to their own gender, ethnicity, and age. The future plan is to administer a survey through a number of UK-based healthcare innovation support organisations.
Baxter, David
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Baxter, David
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Baxter, David
(2023)
Diversity and medical device design: understanding the implications of inventor diversity for improved health outcomes.
R&D management conference: Responsible and Responsive Innovation for a Better Future, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain.
17 - 21 Jun 2023.
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Women account for 30% of the world’s researchers, and 12% of inventors registered on patents. Women are also under-represented in medical invention, both as inventors and as the intended users. This gap has two related causes. First, ideas for inventions are often sparked by personal experience, and so when women are not doing the inventing, the things being invented are not being invented for women. Second, there is a systemic gender bias against women in science, engineering, and R&D, which means that when ideas and inventions are generated by women, they are less likely to be approved, cited, or funded. This paper develops a series of hypotheses and a survey instrument to study the role of inventor gender in medical device design, including the hypothesis that inventors develop solutions that are tailored to their own gender, ethnicity, and age. The future plan is to administer a survey through a number of UK-based healthcare innovation support organisations.
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Accepted/In Press date: 1 May 2023
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R&D management conference: Responsible and Responsive Innovation for a Better Future, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain, 2023-06-17 - 2023-06-21
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