I-Corps: Stoma-Wafer Care Management Tool Using Mobile Phone Technology

这个I-Corps项目的更广泛影响/商业潜力是开发远程造口监测和管理技术，以鼓励远程医疗进行常规伤口，造口和造口（WOC）护理咨询，以减轻护士的负担，使患者和护士免受COVID-19等呼吸道感染的影响，并减少在常规检查期间使用痛苦的个人防护设备（PPE）。该产品可适用于伤口护理应用，并通过3D成像用于监测临床伤口愈合。该产品旨在提高晶圆拟合的精度和造口管理的整体易用性，同时简化器具拟合过程，并使患者能够使用易于使用的工具来管理他们的造口。该移动的技术可用作扫描设备以及医疗保健包，以支持已经接受造口术的个人。该I-Corps项目是基于开发基于软件的造口晶片检测和适配工具，该工具提高了晶片适配的精度和造口管理的整体便利性。在该系统中，造口区域的3D模型将在基于云的后端上处理，并且将生成“理想”孔径轮廓并用于自动高精度晶片切割。该产品可以作为重新思考医疗成像技术的参考，这些技术通常需要昂贵的图像采集系统，如计算机断层扫描（CT）和磁共振成像（MRI）。虽然该产品最初的重点是为患者提供一个负担得起的造口护理管理系统，但该技术可以应用于广泛的其他伤口护理产品和紧固件。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The broader impact/commercial potential of this I-Corps project is the development of a remote stoma monitoring and management technology to encourage telehealth for routine wound, ostomy, and continence (WOC) care consultations in order to reduce the burden on nurses, keep patients and the nurses safe from respiratory infections like COVID-19, and reduce the use of painful personal protective equipment (PPE) during routine checkups. This product may be adapted to wound care applications and used to monitor clinical wound healings with the use of 3D imaging. The product seeks to improve the precision of wafer fit and overall ease of stoma management while simplifying the appliance-fit process and empowering patients with easy-to-use tools to manage their stomas. The mobile technology could be used as a scanning device as well as a healthcare package to support individuals that have undergone an ostomy.This I-Corps project is based on the development of a software-based stoma-wafer inspection and fit tool that improves the precision of wafer fit and the overall ease of stoma management. In this system, a 3D model of the stomal area will be processed on a cloud-based backend, and an “ideal” aperture contour will be generated and used for automatic, high-precision wafer cutting. The product could be a reference for rethinking medical imaging technology that typically requires expensive image acquisition systems such as computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). While the initial focus of the product is to provide an affordable stoma care management system for patients, the technology could be applied to a wide range of other wound care products and fasteners.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.