Research project

StarHealer: a novel ultrasonically activated water stream device for wound management

Research groups:

Microbiology

Acoustics Group
Other researchers:

Professor Timothy Leighton,

Professor Charles Keevil
Status:

Not active

Project overview

MRC Confidence in Concept Pump Priming awarded through peer-reviewed competition to award funds from Medical research Council - Confidence in Concept (MC_PC_16059) into pump priming projects (value was equivalent to £42,523.46 at 80% FEC).

Staff

Other researchers

Professor Timothy Leighton FRS FREng FMedSci ScD

Professor of Ultrasonics

Connect with Timothy

Email: t.g.leighton@soton.ac.uk

Professor Charles Keevil

Professor In Environmental Health Care

Connect with Charles

Email: c.w.keevil@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Acoustics Group

Our group’s research topics range from the protection of marine mammals to the medical use of ultrasonics and the environmental effects of aircraft noise.

Microbiology

We work on topics like patient treatment regimens, catheter design and management, and surgical instrument decontamination.