An Initial Creative Phase, Often Unseen by the General Public

An Initial Creative Phase, Often Unseen by the General Public 

When new systems are bom, the innovation is carried forward by only a few individuals safety is not a priority at this stage, even though accidents are very likely to occur in the initial phase during which people get the invention under control (immaturity). It should be said, however, that these accidents generally kill their inventors and have only limited collateral effects, while the number of prototypes is necessarily small or may even be secret. 

The discovery of blood transfusion and the beginning of an industrial life cycle. Blood transfusions became possible after 1900, following the discovery of the ABO system and blood group compatibility by Karl Landsteiner (innovation stage). The period from 1910 to 1930 saw the first steps towards optimisation progress was concentrated on the conditions for large-scale commercialisation, the organisation of the blood collection network, blood banks and the development of clinical applications. 

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