Bioengineering considerations in the prevention of medical device-related pressure ulcers
Bioengineering considerations in the prevention of medical device-related pressure ulcers
Background
In recent years, it has become increasingly apparent that medical device-related pressure ulcers represent a significant burden to both patients and healthcare providers. Medical devices can cause damage in a variety of patients from neonates to community based adults. To date, devices have typically incorporated generic designs with stiff polymer materials, which impinge on vulnerable soft tissues. As a result, medical devices that interact with the skin and underlying soft tissues can cause significant deformations due to high interface pressures caused by strapping or body weight.
Methods
This review provides a detailed analysis of the latest bioengineering tools to assess device related skin and soft tissue damage and future perspectives on the prevention of these chronic wounds. This includes measurement at the device-skin interface, imaging deformed tissues, and the early detection of damage through biochemical and biophysical marker detection. In addition, we assess the potential of computational modelling to provide a means for device design optimisation and material selection.
Interpretation
Future collaboration between academics, industrialists and clinicians should provide the basis to improve medical device design and prevent the formation of these potentially life altering wounds. Ensuring clinicians report devices that cause pressure ulcers to regulatory agencies will provide the opportunity to identify and improve devices, which are not fit for purpose.
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Bader, D.L.
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Worsley, P.R.
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Gefen, A.
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July 2019
Bader, D.L.
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Worsley, P.R.
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Gefen, A.
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Bader, D.L., Worsley, P.R. and Gefen, A.
(2019)
Bioengineering considerations in the prevention of medical device-related pressure ulcers.
Clinical Biomechanics, 67, .
(doi:10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2019.04.018).
Abstract
Background
In recent years, it has become increasingly apparent that medical device-related pressure ulcers represent a significant burden to both patients and healthcare providers. Medical devices can cause damage in a variety of patients from neonates to community based adults. To date, devices have typically incorporated generic designs with stiff polymer materials, which impinge on vulnerable soft tissues. As a result, medical devices that interact with the skin and underlying soft tissues can cause significant deformations due to high interface pressures caused by strapping or body weight.
Methods
This review provides a detailed analysis of the latest bioengineering tools to assess device related skin and soft tissue damage and future perspectives on the prevention of these chronic wounds. This includes measurement at the device-skin interface, imaging deformed tissues, and the early detection of damage through biochemical and biophysical marker detection. In addition, we assess the potential of computational modelling to provide a means for device design optimisation and material selection.
Interpretation
Future collaboration between academics, industrialists and clinicians should provide the basis to improve medical device design and prevent the formation of these potentially life altering wounds. Ensuring clinicians report devices that cause pressure ulcers to regulatory agencies will provide the opportunity to identify and improve devices, which are not fit for purpose.
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Bioengineering considerations in the prevention of medical device-related pressure ulcers
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Accepted/In Press date: 26 April 2019
e-pub ahead of print date: 28 April 2019
Published date: July 2019
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Local EPrints ID: 430914
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/430914
ISSN: 0268-0033
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