Project overview
Chronic wounds, as typified in the development of pressure ulcers (PUs) and diabetic foot ulcers, represent a huge problem for many patients, their families and the carers. Although commonly involving immobile subjects who are bedridden or confined to chairs, these ulcers can arise in many other situations in which interventional medical devices introduce potentially damaging loads at the skin surface, afflicting patients of all ages. Indeed device-related ulcers represent a major healthcare problem, accounting for over 30% of hospital-acquired PUs.
MDVSN introduced cutting-edge technologies and scientific understanding in order to reduce the incidence of mechanical-induced damage of vulnerable skin caused by interventional medical devices in various clinical settings
Goals
- provide a technological platform for novel designs of medical devices, incorporating suitable materials to make contact with fragile skin tissues, and manufacturing capability, which will protect them from device related injury
- utilise imaging techniques and simple robust biomarkers to evaluate the health of loaded skin.
- develop computer generated models to test device performance prior to evaluation on vulnerable patients
MDVSN introduced cutting-edge technologies and scientific understanding in order to reduce the incidence of mechanical-induced damage of vulnerable skin caused by interventional medical devices in various clinical settings
Goals
- provide a technological platform for novel designs of medical devices, incorporating suitable materials to make contact with fragile skin tissues, and manufacturing capability, which will protect them from device related injury
- utilise imaging techniques and simple robust biomarkers to evaluate the health of loaded skin.
- develop computer generated models to test device performance prior to evaluation on vulnerable patients
Research outputs
P.R. Worsley, B. Parsons & D.L. Bader,
2016, Clinical Biomechanics, 40, 28-32
Type: article
Marjolein Woodhouse, Peter Worsley, David Voegeli, Lisette Schoonhoven & Dan L. Bader,
2015, Clinical Biomechanics, 30(2), 166-174
Type: article
Mirtaher Peyman, Gjøvaa Terje, Peter Worsley & Dan L. Bader,
2014, Annals of Biomedical Engineering
Type: article