Creating Solutions in the Midst of a Pandemic

An open culture of frontline innovation at an urban Midwest hospital generated 28 clinician-made devices in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. All hospital employees had access to a world-class medical device prototyping lab on the first floor of the hospital. These clinicians used their established prototyping literacy and hands-on making experience to build just-in-time devices for COVID-19 protocols in ICU patient care, PPE and patient transportation.