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

这个I-Corps项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是开发远程造口监测和管理技术，鼓励远程医疗进行常规伤口、造口和大小便失禁(WOC)护理会诊，从而减轻护士的负担，确保患者和护士免受新冠肺炎等呼吸道感染的影响，并减少例行检查期间痛苦的个人防护装备的使用。该产品可用于伤口护理应用，并使用3D成像技术监测临床伤口愈合情况。该产品旨在提高晶片贴合的精确度和造口管理的整体简易性，同时简化矫治器贴合流程，并使患者能够使用易于使用的工具来管理造口。移动技术可以用作扫描设备和医疗保健包，以支持接受造口的个人。这个i-Corps项目基于基于软件的造口晶片检查和贴合工具的开发，该工具提高了晶片贴合的精度和造口管理的整体简便性。在该系统中，气孔区域的3D模型将在基于云的后端进行处理，并将生成“理想”的光圈轮廓，用于自动、高精度的晶片切割。该产品可以为重新思考医学成像技术提供参考，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负担得起的吻合口护理管理系统，但该技术也可以应用于其他伤口护理产品和紧固件。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已通过使用基金会的智力优势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.