Wireless Sensor Inserts for Combating Incontinence-Associated Dermatitis

用于对抗失禁相关皮炎的无线传感器插入物

• 批准号: 8591461
• 负责人: Nicholas Prokopuk
• 金额: $ 15万
• 依托单位: JPTECHNOLOGIES, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-09-01 至 2014-06-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8591461
• 关键词: Area; Carbon Black; Caregivers; Caring; Charge; Chemicals; Communication; Coupled; Decubitus ulcer; Dermatitis; Detection; Economics; Effectiveness; Elements; Environment; Environmental Monitoring; Event; Exposure to; Feces; Frequencies; Goals; Incontinence; Infant; Infectious Skin Diseases; Length of Stay; Measurement; Monitor; Nosocomial Infections; Odors; Output; Patients; Performance; Power Sources; Reading; Resistance; Risk; Schedule; Signal Transduction; Skin; Soil; Technology; Telemetry; Treatment Cost; Urine; Wireless Technology; Woman; Work; combat; cost; design; digital; electric impedance; man; microbial; polyaniline; public health relevance; response; sensor

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This project investigates the feasibility of wireless sensor inserts for managing incontinence. Incontinence is an issue for well over a half of hospitalized patients. Up to a half of these patients are afflicted with incontinence-associated dermatitis (IAD) which increases their risk of developing microbial skin infections and pressure ulcers. While several approaches and technologies are available for managing incontinence, none provide guidance for knowing when an incontinent episode has occurred. Delays in changing a soiled brief is the most cited cause for IAD. Small, disposable inserts placed in a patient's brief or diaper can alert the caregiver of an incontinent event. Our work focuses on integrating resistive sensors that are highly selective and sensitive for urine and feces with LC-circuits for wireless communications. Three different circuit designs are pursued with a range of performance and cost. Effective management of incontinence can reduce the length of hospital stays, treatment costs, and the associated risks of nosocomial infection. The two main goals for the project are: 1. Integrate a PANI/CB sensor into a resonant, telemetry, and digital LC-circuits. The sensor circuits offer a range of performance and cost. The sensor inserts must not pose an economic barrier and should be convenient for the caregiver. 2. Evaluate the performance of the sensor inserts hard wired with an impedance analyzer and remotely using transponders. This task is charged with demonstrating the effectiveness of the sensor inserts at detecting and relaying the presence of urine and feces.

描述（由申请人提供）：该项目研究无线传感器插入物用于管理失禁的可行性。失禁是超过一半的住院患者面临的问题。这些患者中多达一半患有失禁相关皮炎（IAD），这增加了他们发生微生物皮肤感染和压疮的风险。虽然有多种方法和技术可用于治疗失禁，但没有一种方法和技术可以提供了解何时发生失禁发作的指导。延迟更换脏内裤是导致 IAD 的最常见原因。放置在患者三角裤或尿布中的小型一次性插入物可以提醒护理人员注意失禁事件。我们的工作重点是将对尿液和粪便具有高度选择性和敏感性的电阻传感器与用于无线通信的 LC 电路集成。三种不同的电路设计追求不同的性能和成本。有效治疗失禁可以减少住院时间、治疗费用以及相关的医院感染风险。该项目的两个主要目标是： 1. 将 PANI/CB 传感器集成到谐振、遥测和数字 LC 电路中。 传感器电路提供一系列性能和成本。传感器插入件不得构成经济障碍，并​​且应方便护理人员。 2. 使用阻抗分析仪和远程使用应答器评估传感器插入件的性能。这项任务的任务是展示传感器插件在检测和传递尿液和粪便存在方面的有效性。