Portable, retractable X-ray shielding for high traffic ward environments

适用于人流量大的病房环境的便携式、可伸缩 X 射线屏蔽

• 批准号: 10033008
• 金额: $ 34.8万
• 依托单位: KORN WALL LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10033008
• 关键词: Portable; retractable; ray; shielding; traffic

KwickScreen believes that every nurse and every patient has the right to be confident in their safety in a hospital. We want patients to feel confident that they are entering a hygienic, safe space where their welfare is the top priority. We want nurses to have equipment that can make their lives easier so they can focus on patients.KwickScreen is a world-leading supplier of protective screen-based solutions to create a safer space for each patient. KwickScreen currently offers a switchable-opacity smartscreen, mobile units (Pro/Duo), wall-mounted units with high degrees of flexibility (Air) and versatility (Kin), and a static fire-retardant polycarbonate shield. Over 12 years, KwickScreen has sold \>15,000 units; KwickScreen's current customers include every NHS trust in the UK, 200 US hospitals and an ever-growing number of hospitals in 40 other countries (representing \>500 hospitals total). During 2020, KwickScreen proved its ability to respond quickly to the demands of COVID and of its customers. KwickScreen vastly increased its production capacity and tripled its revenue from £2.1m to £7.5m, introducing three new products and building world-leading expertise in low-temperature printing on thin films. KwickScreen has reinvested profits into the company to ensure competitiveness and has just doubled its manufacturing space by moving to a new, larger factory Lewisham.KwickScreen already has infection control screens in radiology departments in numerous NHS trusts, including UCLH, Alder Hey, and Dartford&Gravesham. Supplementing the infection control screens are mobile lead X-ray shields. Current solutions are robust but rigid, which means they cannot easily be stored when not in use. These departments indicate strong interest in retractable, mobile X-ray shields that can quickly and easily be deployed in high traffic ward environments and operating theaters.KwickScreen will develop an innovative, retractable/rollable X-ray shielding screen for use in busy ward environments, where X-rays must be taken quickly. Patients cannot be moved efficiently to X-ray rooms, so portable X-ray machines are used. Patients must be shielded from the X-rays, so moveable partition screens are used. Existing screens are unwieldy but highly robust. KwickScreen aims to replicate the robustness of these screens while making them retractable and more portable.Retractable/rollable X-ray shielding screens offer substantial long-term benefits to both nurses and patients. The proposed solution will improve the ability of doctors and nurses to treat patients (by more quickly taking X-ray images) in busy ward environments. Patients will benefit from speedier triage, without having to be moved as frequently.

KwickScreen认为，每一位护士和每一位病人都有权对自己在医院的安全充满信心。我们希望患者有信心，他们正在进入一个卫生，安全的空间，他们的福利是最优先考虑的。我们希望护士拥有能够让他们的生活更轻松的设备，以便他们能够专注于患者。KwickScreen是世界领先的基于防护屏的解决方案供应商，为每位患者创造更安全的空间。KwickScreen目前提供可切换的不透明智能屏幕、移动的单元（Pro/Duo）、具有高度灵活性（Air）和多功能性（Kin）的壁挂式单元以及静态阻燃聚碳酸酯护罩。在过去的12年里，KwickScreen已经售出了15，000台; KwickScreen目前的客户包括英国的每一家NHS信托机构、200家美国医院以及其他40个国家不断增长的医院（总共超过500家医院）。于二零二零年，KwickScreen证明其有能力迅速回应COVID及其客户的需求。KwickScreen大幅提高了产能，收入从210万英镑增加到750万英镑，增加了两倍，推出了三种新产品，并在薄膜低温印刷方面建立了世界领先的专业知识。KwickScreen已将利润重新投资于该公司，以确保竞争力，并通过搬迁到一个新的，更大的工厂刘易舍姆，使其制造空间增加了一倍。KwickScreen已经在许多NHS信托的放射科安装了感染控制屏幕，包括UCLH，桤木Hey和达特福德&Gravesham。作为感染控制屏幕的补充，还有移动的铅X射线防护罩。目前的解决方案是坚固的，但刚性，这意味着它们在不使用时不易储存。这些部门对可伸缩的、移动的X射线防护屏表现出了浓厚的兴趣，这种防护屏可以快速、轻松地部署在高流量病房环境和手术室中。KwickScreen将开发一种创新的、可伸缩/可滚动的X射线防护屏，用于必须快速拍摄X射线的忙碌病房环境。病人不能有效地转移到X光室，所以使用便携式X光机。病人必须避开X射线，所以使用了可移动的隔离屏。现有的屏幕笨重但非常坚固。KwickScreen旨在复制这些屏幕的坚固性，同时使其可伸缩和更便携。可伸缩/可滚动的X射线屏蔽屏幕为护士和患者提供了大量的长期利益。所提出的解决方案将提高医生和护士在忙碌病房环境中治疗患者的能力（通过更快地拍摄X射线图像）。病人将受益于更快的分诊，而不必经常移动。