MedSens
PROJECT DURATION:
01/2021
—
12/2024
TOTAL PROJECT DURATION:
3 Jahre
The Project
People with diabetes have a high risk of suffering from the secondary disease "diabetic foot syndrome" (DFS), with serious consequences ranging from poorly healing wounds to amputation. For people in wheelchairs, remaining motionless in one place can lead to cell and tissue damage and even pressure ulcers (decubitus ulcers), the healing process of which is very stressful. In both DFS and pressure ulcers, neuropathy leads to a loss of pain sensation and thus prevents the affected person from recognizing the condition.
Our Role in the Project
As part of the project, the cooperation partners JOANNEUM RESEARCH, CFS GmbH, Med Uni Graz, Ortho-Aktiv GmbH, Pacemaker Technologies and V-Trion Textile Research GmbH are further developing existing pressure sensors (printed active matrix sensors in a textile composite; PyzoFlex) for medical applications and supplementing them with intelligent software solutions. This can compensate for the lack of pain sensation and enable the decisive (early) detection of DFS and pressure ulcers. This should increase the chance of prevention as well as timely and thus successful treatment.
The conceptualization and development is carried out in an interdisciplinary manner together with future users as part of a co-creation process. This includes interdisciplinary focus groups and interviews, as well as process observations and workshops.
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Project Partner
JOANNEUM RESEARCH, CFS GmbH, Med Uni Graz, Ortho-Aktiv GmbH, Pacemaker Technologies, V-Trion Textile Research GmbH
