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Insights for Age-Appropriate Medical Devices<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n

We at Akrus attended the GRANNI Community\u2019s<\/strong> Creative Workshop together with Fraunhofer IMTE<\/strong>. The workshop is part of GRANNI\u2019s<\/a> co-creative workshop series and aims to connect partners, bring new stakeholders into the open community, and jointly develop new ideas. <\/p>\n\n

The focus was on exciting project concepts for age-appropriate medical devices and medical technology solutions that support healthy and resilient ageing. GRANNI\u2019s goal is to develop socio-technical solutions to the challenges of an ageing society through an open, community-based approach \u2013 addressing, among other things, skills shortages and increasing care demands. <\/p>\n\n

We found the lively exchange with other participants particularly valuable: within a short time, a wide range of perspectives from research, clinical practice, and industry came together. This kind of interdisciplinary collaboration is a core principle of the GRANNI Community \u2013 because solutions should not only be created in the laboratory, but also translated into real-world use and care settings as quickly as possible. <\/p>\n\n

For Akrus, the visit marks an important step towards becoming more involved \u2013 together with Fraunhofer IMTE \u2013 in innovation- and transfer-oriented projects in the future. To support this, GRANNI relies on collaborative formats and a structured approach to idea generation: workshop concepts are subsequently developed into project proposals that can apply for community funding. <\/p>\n\n

We are taking many impulses from the Creative Workshop \u2013 both for new product approaches and for the further development of our cooperation project with Fraunhofer IMTE. Our aim is to jointly develop solutions that improve day-to-day life, treatment, and care \u2013 while remaining practical, sustainable, and closely aligned with real clinical workflows. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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