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MEDICAL ENGINEERING & PHYSICS
Volume 107, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2022.103861
Keywords
Wearable device; Pressure ulcer; Drug delivery; Iontophoresis; Impedance spectroscopy
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- Autonomous Portable Object with huge Embedded Energy Storage (AMPEERS) project
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This work demonstrates the feasibility of an all-in-one system for the detection, monitoring and treatment of pressure ulcers using two non-invasive methods, namely impedance spectroscopy and transdermal drug delivery by iontophoresis. The purpose of this device is to detect these chronic skin wounds at an early stage and treat them locally by delivering a vasodilator.
This work demonstrates the feasibility of an all-in-one system for the detection, monitoring and treatment of pressure ulcers using two non-invasive methods, namely impedance spectroscopy and transdermal drug delivery by iontophoresis. The purpose of this device is to detect these chronic skin wounds at an early stage and treat them locally by delivering a vasodilator. The developed wearable flexible electrodes coupled to the compact electronic device used as a controlled current source show an increase in drug penetration by a factor of up to 8 for a current of 250 mu A in comparison to passive diffusion.
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