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Medical Devices and Vulnerable Skin Network

Projects

Non healing wounds provide an estimated financial burden to the NHS of £4 Billion per annum

The Medical Devices and Vulnerable Skin Network addresses research questions across a number of theme areas. We work with our partners to develop ideas and proposals to optimise safety in design and develop intelligent sensing to promote self-management.

Current devices are based on designs employing traditional materials which are relatively stiff/rigid and do not match the compliance of fragile skin tissues.

All of the feasibility studies are new to the Wound Prevention and Treatment (WP&T) and Devices for Dignity (D4D) Healthcare Technology Co-operatives (HTCs) and will involve the safe design of medical devices and will be supported by 8-12 experts from diverse sectors including external collaborators.

Network partners are involved in a number of on-going projects collaborating with industry, academics and clinicians. Throughout the lifetime of NetworkPLUS we will identify and fund new projects as MDVSNPLUS expands. 

Prophylactic Devices

Prophylactic device retention systems for infants suffering from Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB)

Wireless Textile Sensors

Early Detection of Pressure Injury Using Novel Wireless Epidermal Textile Sensors in Wheelchair users Living with Spinal Cord Injury

Incontinence Test-bed

Towards a synthetic test-bed to predict damage done during vulnerable skin-textile interactions in aggressive environments as used in incontinence solutions

Key facts

Current devices are based on designs employing traditional materials which are relatively stiff/rigid and do not match the compliance of fragile skin tissues.

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