PRESSURE RELIEF REMINDER AND COMPLIANCE SYSTEM

泄压提醒和合规系统

• 批准号: 2026339
• 负责人: Robert N Schmidt
• 金额: $ 9.91万
• 依托单位: CLEVELAND MEDICAL DEVICES, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-08-01 至 1998-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/2026339
• 关键词: assistive device /technology; behavioral /social science research tag; biomedical equipment development; clinical biomedical equipment; clinical research; computer program /software; decubitus ulcer; disease /disorder prevention /control; human subject; injury prevention; patient monitoring device; therapy compliance

This project will design, fabricate, and test a portable device that provides a training and monitoring system to train wheelchair users to relieve pressure intermittently, thus preventing ulcer formation and reducing the danger of infection of the ulcer which can lead to amputation and possibly death. The Pressure Relief Reminder and Compliance System is a capable of monitoring and warning of prolonged periods of unrelieved pressure which can result in pressure sores. Although similar devices have been developed, none are capable of providing compliance monitoring by storing events of interest for the physician or therapist to examine. This data can be later used by the clinician to monitor the compliance of the patient in terms of usage of the devices, the number of alarms received and the response or lack of by the user. The data also helps the clinician to determine whether the treatment strategy yields the expected result and whether the prescribed time limits are appropriate for pressure sore prevention. A reduction in the number of pressure ulcers due to prolonged periods of unrelieved pressure would save on the order of several hundred million dollars per year in the U.S. alone. The Pressure Relief Reminder and Compliance System would also decrease the amount of emotional stress on the wheelchair users and their families, and eliminate further loss of mobility and productivity which results from amputation. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATION In addition to being used to provide a training and monitoring system to train wheelchair users to relief pressure intermittently, the device can be used to remind care givers to turn individuals restricted to bed. This bed compliance system provides a quality assurance device for hospitals and nursing homes.

这个项目将设计，制造和测试一个便携式设备， 提供训练及监察系统，训练轮椅使用者 间歇性地释放压力，从而防止溃疡形成， 减少溃疡感染的危险， 截肢甚至死亡 压力释放提醒， 合规系统是一个能够监测和警告长期 压力未缓解的时期可能会导致压疮。 虽然已经开发了类似的设备，但没有一个能够 通过存储感兴趣的事件来提供合规性监视， 医生或治疗师检查。 这些数据以后可以由 临床医生监测患者在使用 设备、收到的警报数量以及响应或缺乏 由用户 这些数据还有助于临床医生确定是否 治疗策略产生预期的结果，以及处方是否 时间限制对于压疮预防是适当的。 减少 由于长时间未缓解的压力溃疡的数量 压力将节省数亿美元的订单， 年仅在美国。 压力释放提醒和合规性 系统也会减少情绪上的压力， 轮椅使用者及其家人，并消除进一步的损失， 截肢带来的灵活性和生产力。 建议的商业应用 除了用于提供培训和监测系统外， 训练轮椅使用者间歇性减压， 用于提醒护理人员将患者限制在床上。 该床依从性系统提供了质量保证装置， 医院和疗养院。