Development of a new device which measures blood flow for the prevention of pressure ulcers

• Project/Area Number: 24792393
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Fundamental nursing
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: IBE Aki 大阪大学, 医学(系)研究科(研究院), 助教 (80452431)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2014-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥3,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000)
• Keywords: 看護技術 / 褥瘡 / 温度伝導率 / 褥瘡予防ケア / 皮膚血流 / 評価ツール

Research Abstract

We conducted clinical trials to test the validity of the evaluations made by the developed device based on estimated skin tissue thermal diffusivity. In this study, a patient was below an elderly person in the blood flow which can be evaluated by this devise. Also, we recognized that there are some research tasks to test the validity of the evaluations with thermal diffusivity of skin tissue for Ischemia.