{"id":7763,"date":"2021-11-09T07:43:13","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T07:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/welldesign.com\/?post_type=tmnf_project&p=7763"},"modified":"2026-03-24T18:03:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T18:03:24","slug":"umcu-vasculuminator","status":"publish","type":"tmnf_project","link":"https:\/\/welldesign.com\/en\/project\/umcu-vasculuminator\/","title":{"rendered":"Infrared injection aid 'Vasculuminator' for UMC"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Infrarood prikhulp Vasculuminator<\/em> voor UMCU<\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Design brief<\/h2>\n\n

Young children\u2019s veins are hard to detect due to their subcutaneous baby fat. Having dark skin colour makes it extra tricky. Often, multiple attempts are needed, with possible complications. Professor Ruud Verdaasdonk, himself father of a child with dark skin, came up with the idea\u00a0product<\/a>to use infrared light.<\/p>\n

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In collaboration with the Department of Clinical Physics at Utrecht University Medical Centre (UMCU), WeLL Design developed a mass-produced article in just five months.<\/p>\n\n

A\u00a0gebruikersonderzoek<\/a>\u00a0User Survey at the hospital\u2019s vaccination clinic, neonatal unit and oncology department provided insight in how to create an ergonomic and user-friendly device. Our team also developed the Mechanical Design and Engineering into a Prototype.<\/p>\n

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De VascuLuminator in zijn geheel, close-up en een exploded view<\/p><\/div>\n

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The product<\/h2>\n\n

The Vasculuminator combines an infrared light source with a special camera to show up blood vessels on a monitor. For children, the light is hidden in a toy animal. Use of the Vasculuminator reduces chances of a needle missing its mark from 12% to 2%.<\/p>\n

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Infrarood prikhulp Vasculuminator voor UMCU Design brief Bij jonge kinderen zijn de bloedvaten slecht zichtbaar onder het babyvet. Bij een donkere huid is dat extra lastig. Dan moet er vaker worden geprikt, met mogelijke complicaties. Professor Ruud Verdaasdonk, zelf vader van een kind met een donkere huid, kwam op het idee om infrarood licht te …<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":16111,"template":"","meta":[],"project-category":[60],"class_list":["post-7763","tmnf_project","type-tmnf_project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","project-category-icon"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/welldesign.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmnf_project\/7763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/welldesign.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmnf_project"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/welldesign.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tmnf_project"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"https:\/\/welldesign.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmnf_project\/7763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29061,"href":"https:\/\/welldesign.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmnf_project\/7763\/revisions\/29061"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/welldesign.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/welldesign.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"project-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/welldesign.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project-category?post=7763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}