Additive Manufacturing of Patient-Specific Masks and Nasal Prongs to Improve Pediatric Ventilation Outcomes and Reduce Pressure Sores

增材制造患者专用面罩和鼻叉，以改善儿科通气效果并减少压疮

• 批准号: 10571860
• 负责人: Roger Brooks Bagwell
• 金额: $ 62.09万
• 依托单位: ACTUATED MEDICAL, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-03-01 至 2025-04-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10571860
• 关键词: 2 year old; 3D Print; 9 year old; Address; Adult; Affect; Age; Air; Anatomy; Award; Breathing; Cell Survival; Certification; Child; Childhood; Cleft Lip; Cleft lip with or without cleft palate; Collaborations; Consumption; Continuous Positive Airway Pressure; Craniofacial Abnormalities; Custom; Cyclic GMP; Data; Development; Devices; Dimensions; Ensure; Extravasation; Face; Formulation; Gases; Goals; Human; Inferior; Injections; Injury; Intubation; Knowledge; Manikins; Manufacturer; Marketing; Masks; Medical; Medical Device; Methods; Modeling; Molds; Neonatal; Nose; Outcome; Pain; Pathway interactions; Patient-Focused Outcomes; Patients; Pediatric Hospitals; Pediatrics; Performance; Phase; Philadelphia; Plant Resins; Positive-Pressure Respiration; Printing; Process; Research; Sales; Scanning; Site; Small Business Innovation Research Grant; Structure; System; Testing; Tidal Volume; Time; Tracheostomy Tube; Tube; Validation; Variant; Ventilator; Vomiting; aspirate; biomaterial compatibility; commercialization; cost; craniofacial; cytotoxicity; decubitus ulcer; design; endotracheal; fabrication; file format; flexibility; high risk; improved; interest; manufacture; manufacturing process; neonatal patient; non-compliance; patient home care; pediatric patients; pressure; research clinical testing; seal; skeletal; skin damage; standard care; standard of care; technological innovation; ventilation

In this Fast-track SBIR Actuated Medical, Inc., is partnering with the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and Akron Children’s Hospital (ACH) to develop processes to manufacture better fitting masks and nasal prongs for Non-invasive Ventilation (NIV) delivery to young pediatric patients (1 month to 9 years of age). NIV provides breathing support without the use of an endotracheal or tracheostomy tube. NIV is delivered by interfaces (a mask or nasal prongs). Generally, masks only cover the nose to mitigate potential aspiration concerns should a patient vomit. Nasal prongs are intended to achieve a 100% occlusive fit within a patient’s nare. For both masks and prongs, the goal is to deliver airway support maintaining positive-end expiratory pressure (PEEP). Poorly fitting masks can lead to non-compliance, patient–ventilator dys?synchronies, skin damage, pain, craniofacial skeletal issues, and can also result in delivery of sub-optimal pressures or tidal volume, which can adversely affect ventilation outcomes, particularly in the home care setting. Additionally, poorly fitting NIV interfaces can require them to be strapped to patients tightly to offset the inferior fit, which can lead to pressure ulcers, skin damage, or septum injury (in the case of nasal prongs). While many NIV delivery methods exist for neonatal patients (3 available mask and 11 nasal prong sizes), there are no sizes designed specific to young pediatric patients (1 month to 9 years old) that are equipped with appropriate headgear. The validation process to stand up a manufacturing approach is costly and time consuming for a relatively small market, limiting the interest of major manufacturers to fill these gaps. Three main limitations arise when addressing the needs of younger patients: 1) the size gap between neonatal and adult interfaces leave poor solutions for young pediatric patients, 2) variation in patient facial structure results in NIV interfaces being pushed too firmly against the face in an attempt to eliminate or reduce air leakage, and 3) craniofacial anomalies (CFAs) (e.g. cleft lip) further limit the ability to achieve a good seal. An approach is needed that will produce NIV interfaces that address these gaps, while being FDA-compliant and still economically feasible. Phase I. Hypothesis. Pediatric-specific sized NIV mask and prongs can be manufactured using 3D printing methods to improve ventilation outcomes in benchtop models. Aim 1. Verify improved performance of pediatric-sized NIV devices fabricated through facial scanning and injection molding process. Aim 2 – Formulation development and testing for direct 3D printing approach. Phase II. Hypothesis. Manufacturing NIV devices with 3D printing yields better fitting interfaces that improve NIV outcomes in young pediatrics. Aim 3 – Validate manufacturing approach for pediatric NIV interfaces. Aim 4 – Finalize direct 3D print approach and evaluate performance with CFAs. Aim 5 – Multi-site human clinical evaluations (CHOP, n=29; ACH, n=24)

在这个快速通道中，SBIR驱动医疗公司正在与费城儿童医院合作