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. 2022 Jan 19:9:793531.
doi: 10.3389/fped.2021.793531. eCollection 2021.

Interprofessional Consensus Regarding Design Requirements for Liquid-Based Perinatal Life Support (PLS) Technology

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Interprofessional Consensus Regarding Design Requirements for Liquid-Based Perinatal Life Support (PLS) Technology

M Beatrijs van der Hout-van der Jagt et al. Front Pediatr. .

Abstract

Liquid-based perinatal life support (PLS) technology will probably be applied in a first-in-human study within the next decade. Research and development of PLS technology should not only address technical issues, but also consider socio-ethical and legal aspects, its application area, and the corresponding design implications. This paper represents the consensus opinion of a group of healthcare professionals, designers, ethicists, researchers and patient representatives, who have expertise in tertiary obstetric and neonatal care, bio-ethics, experimental perinatal animal models for physiologic research, biomedical modeling, monitoring, and design. The aim of this paper is to provide a framework for research and development of PLS technology. These requirements are considering the possible respective user perspectives, with the aim to co-create a PLS system that facilitates physiological growth and development for extremely preterm born infants.

Keywords: AAPT; artificial placenta; design implications; perinatal life support; user perspectives; value-sensitive design.

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Conflict of interest statement

The work of MH, FD, LF, FN, MS, MV, SO, and FV has been funded by the European Union via the Horizon 2020: Future Emerging Topics call FET Open, grant EU863087, project PLS, https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/863087. MH, MV, and SO are shareholders in Juno Perinatal Healthcare BV, Netherlands. AP is Chair of Scientific Advisory Board of Concord Neonatal BV, for which he receives no compensation, https://concordneonatal.com. He also consults for Fisher and Paykel Healthcare and receives compensation https://www.fphcare.com/en-gb. The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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