SCH: Interface Monitoring System to Promote Residual Limb Health

这项提议旨在开发一种可延伸和灵活的传感器技术，能够 医疗保健从反应性和以医院为中心转向预防性、主动性、循证和 以人为本。其目标是提供类似皮肤的特性，实现亲密、完全非侵入性 与病人融为一体。由此产生的“表皮”电子设备可能允许临床医生监测他们的 患者和普通公众不断地评估他们的健康和福祉。建议的接口 监测系统，旨在促进戴假肢的人的残肢健康，在身体上 像皮肤一样的形状，可能会展示出关键的技术和科学进步 以证据为基础和以人为中心的假肢护理。这项工作涉及 “开发类似皮肤的压力、应变和温度传感器，具有无线操作功能，以及 水合和血流传感器。 “传感器数据统计信号处理的计算模型和算法的发展 和模式识别，为临床医生和患者创建了一个用户友好的界面。 “应用拟议的传感器技术以及数据处理和模式识别技术 到假体临床实践。传感器数据的持续捕获、存储和传输对于 为改善健康和医疗保健而设计的下肢假肢。 拟议的工作与NIBIB通过领导新的发展来改善健康的使命是一致的 用于早期发现和预防健康问题和健康评估的生物医学成像设备 状态。除了假肢护理，该提案还可能解决对模型系统的未得到满足的需求 个性化医疗保健，其中持续感知、监测和评估使用 无线表皮传感器取代了传统的实验室仪器。

This proposal aims to develop a stretchable and flexible sensor technology capable of transforming healthcare from reactive and hospital-centered to preventive, proactive, evidence-based, and person-centered. The goal is to offer 'skin-like' properties, to enable intimate, complete non-invasive integration with the patient. The resulting 'epidermal' electronic devices may allow clinicians to monitor their patients, and the general public to assess, continuously, their health and well-being. The proposed interface monitoring system, designed to promote residual limb health in persons who wear prostheses, in physical forms that are 'skin like', may demonstrate key technological and scientific advancements towards evidenced-based and person-centered prosthetic care. The work involves " Development of 'skin-like' pressure, strain and temperature sensors, with wireless operation, as well as hydration and blood flow sensors. " Development of computational modeling and algorithms for statistical signal processing of the sensor data and pattern recognition to create a user-friendly interface for clinicians and patients. " Application of the proposed sensor technologies and data processing and pattern recognition techniques to prosthetic clinical practice. The continuous capture, storage and transmission of sensor data are critical to the design of lower limb prosthetics for improved health and healthcare. The proposed work is consonant with the mission of NIBIB to improve health by leading development of new biomedical imaging devices for early detection and prevention of health problems and assessment of health status. In addition to prosthetic care, the proposal may address an unmet need for a model system for individualized healthcare, in which continuous sensing, monitoring and assessment are performed using wireless epidermal sensors instead of traditional lab-based instrumentation.