Cyclops Healthcare Network Funds MDVSNPLUS Project: Combining physiological sensing and biomarkers with intelligent support surfaces for closed loop prevention of chronic wounds

Following an open competition for call-for-proposals after Cyclops Healthcare Network grand challenge workshop in January 2018, Cyclops Healthcare Network, funded by EPSRC network grant has approved an award of £37,643.20 to MDVSNPLUS to carry out a feasibility study project entitled “Combining physiological sensing and biomarkers with intelligent support surfaces for closed loop prevention of chronic wounds”.

Professor Dan Bader is PI, with Dr Peter Worsley and Dr Luciana Bostan as co-Is. The team will also work with Prof Steve Morgan at University of Nottingham, Professor Steve Jeffery at Birmingham City University, the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine and Birmingham Children’s Hospital and Mrs Siobhan McCoulough from industrial partner, OSKA Ltd.

The proposed research aims to provide an early detection system allied to an intelligent prevention strategy for pressure ulcer prevention, which will be evaluated with small cohorts of at-risk individuals. New and existing sensing technologies will provide distinct thresholds of physiological parameters, particularly involving CO2 sensing and biomarker concentrations, which could inform the effectiveness of both preventative measures and therapeutic interventions.