About

Charlotte Harvey is a consultant mechanical engineer at Sagentia. Her experience lies predominantly in managing medical product developments, specifically those in the surgical and injectable drug delivery fields. As such, she has recently experienced the issues related to incorporating connectivity functions into these devices first-hand. Recent projects have included front-end innovation in the drug delivery space, user interviewing for human factors, and development of reconstitution-based auto-injectors. Ms Harvey graduated from the University of Cambridge (UK) with a Masters in Mechanical Engineering.

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HOW SAFETY FEATURES MAKE OR BREAK INFUSION PUMP DESIGN

Charlotte Harvey and Tim Frearson overview the safety systems required when designing an infusion pump system, with a focus on free-flow prevention, occlusion detection and air-in-line detection.

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NORMALISING CONNECTIVITY – COULD UNCONNECTED DEVICES BECOME THE EXCEPTION?

Charlotte Harvey ponders the prospect of connectivity becoming the baseline for drug delivery device design – at what point will drug delivery devices without connectivity become the exception?

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RECONSTITUTION DEVICES: MIXING, POWER, PACKAGING & REGULATION

Charlotte Harvey discusses the challenge of reconstituting lyophilised drugs, both from the perspective of the drug itself and the delivery device associated with it.

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ENERGY HARVESTING: POWERING CONNECTED DRUG DELIVERY DEVICES

Charlotte Harvey examines the opportunities and practicalities of using energy harvesting technologies in drug delivery devices. With a specific focus on enabling connectivity functionality, Ms Harvey runs through the various aspects of energy harvesting and offers insight on whether it is the right choice for a new device development.