A normal syringe can be reused
because it's just a plastic
barrel with a plunger in it.
What I designed after
three years of
research is this product.
It looks like a normal syringe
and after use in the patient
it's discarded.
If someone then tries to pick
it up and refill it, the
action of pulling back the
plunger makes it lock and
break, and it can't
be used again.
And the key to this was that
it's made on existing
equipment in the manufacturing
systems that exists.
There are about 600 factories
in the world.
So what I wanted to do was come
up with a design which
didn't force any change or extra
cost. Something like 60%
of all injections given
in India are unsafe.
The same system, or the same
numbers, are apparent in most
developing world countries.
Whether I directly profit
or not, I don't really
have time to defend.
What I want to do is change the
scene quite dramatically.
I want to see if I can put into
action an idea that I've
got where we open source good
ideas, where good ideas are no
longer constrained under
commercial reality.
