Vital Design

Abstract

Engineering and medicine has been intertwined for a very long time and in the recent years the relationship has been getting stronger and more important to the advance of healthcare. Surgeons and engineers are collaborating are using 3-D models to plan complex procedures. To do that, engineers must speak a language surgeons can understand. This article looks at how Boston Children's Hospital has invested in the Cardiac Surgery Research department and wants engineers engaged “in the room where it happens.” Then they can observe, study, and communicate with surgeons to truly understand their problems and the type of solutions that they would want to use.