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Smart Chair for Mitigation of Skin Pressure Ulcers

Authors:
Miguel Gomes
Pedro Rebelo
Vitor Silva

Keywords: Pressure; Ulcer; Sensors; Ischial; Smart Seat.

Abstract:
Pressure Ulcers are still a great health problem, even in developed countries, that usually appear in impaired individuals as result of long periods of immobilization. It is estimated that the European prevalence rates range from 8.3 % to 22.9 % in hospitalized patients and is estimated that this kind of wounds represent 2 % of the European budget for primary health care. To mitigate this problem, a working device was built in order to assess the microclimate created between a sited individual and where he is sited on. To that end, the device was composed by pressure, temperature and humidity sensors, controlled by a microprocessor that made all the data management, sending it wirelessly to a platform on the Internet that stores all the information acquired, having also a user interface that shows up the data.

Pages: 33 to 36

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2020

Publication date: February 23, 2020

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4243

ISBN: 978-1-61208-771-9

Location: Lisbon, Portugal

Dates: from February 23, 2020 to February 27, 2020