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Title The Design of a Point of Care Device to Diagnosis Stage I Pressure Ulcers Advisors Todd Przybycien, PhD - Biomedical Engineering Department Mel Siegel, PhD - Robotics Institute
Overview The main objective of my PhD research is to design a point of care diagnostic tool for the quantitative identification of stage I pressure ulcers. Pressure ulcers, also known as bedsores, are a prominent and persistence problem in nursing homes and hospitals. Therefore pressure ulcer management strategies rely on early diagnosis and prevention. Early stage pressure ulcers are diagnosed by identifying persistent redness over a boney prominence. However, the variation in skin pigmentation poses a significant challenge when diagnosing pressure ulcers accurately in all patients since it masks the diagnostic cures of pressure ulcers. Publications
Published Literature: 1. Gaspard, D. et al, inventor; 2007 November 27. Medical Device for Diagnosing Pressure Ulcers. US 20090234206, pending. 2. Gaspard, S.; Przybycien, T.; Siegel, M. "Skin-Color-Compensated Colorimeter for Detection and Classification of Pressure Ulcers," 2008, I., 'Ed.' IEEE: Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference Proceedings, 2008, Victoria, BC, May 12-15 2007; pp 1542-1547. Accepted Conference Abstracts: 1. Gaspard, S; Gaspard, S.; Przybycien, T.; Siegel, M. A Point-of-Care Device for Quantitative Stage-I Pressure Ulcer Diagnosis Regardless of Skin Color (National Biomedical Engineering Society meeting 2009).
Honors Related to Research · 2009 National Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Honorable Graduate Student Award · IEEE International Measurement University (2008,2009): 6 continuing education credits |
