PRESSURE RELIEF REMINDER AND COMPLIANCE SYSTEM

该项目将设计、制造和测试一种便携式设备， 提供训练及监察系统，训练轮椅使用者 间歇性卸压，防止溃疡形成和 减少溃疡感染的危险，这可能会导致 截肢，甚至可能死亡。压力释放提醒和 合规制度是一个能够长期监测和预警的系统 压力不能释放的时期，可能导致压疮。 尽管已经开发出了类似的设备，但没有一种能够 通过存储 要检查的医生或治疗师。此数据可在以后由 临床医生根据病人的使用情况监测病人的依从性 设备、收到的警报数量以及响应或未响应 由用户执行。这些数据还有助于临床医生确定 治疗策略是否产生预期效果以及处方是否 预防压疮的时限是合适的。减税 因长期得不到缓解而导致的压疮数量 压力将节省数亿美元 仅在美国就有一年。压力释放提醒和合规 这一系统还将减少老年人的情绪压力 轮椅使用者及其家人，并消除进一步的损失 由于截肢而产生的机动性和生产力。 建议的商业应用 除了被用来提供培训和监测系统之外 训练轮椅使用者间歇性释放压力，该设备可以 用于提醒照顾者将个人限制在床上。 该床位合规系统提供了一种质量保证装置 医院和疗养院。

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.