106 results about "Pressure injury" patented technology

A pressure wound prevention system comprising at least one management device which comprises at least one user input apparatus, at least one output mechanism, at least one data input for connecting with a pressure sensor assembly and a processor configured to measure elapsed time, to receive pressure data from the data input and to present an output via the output mechanism. The system may be modular. A method for preventing the development of pressure wounds of a subject is also presented.

The present invention provides a medical support pillow and method for supporting a patient in the lateral position while maintaining an open airway. The Lateral Airway Support Pillow includes a chest support, a shoulder recess, a head support, and a posterior bolster. The orientation of these components support the patient in the lateral position, with the spine and airway in a straight position, thus eliminating possible airway obstruction. One embodiment of the invention contains a head support with a posterior recess and a neck support which provides for straightening the neck and airway and aligning the oral, pharyngeal, and laryngeal axes of the airway. Other embodiments position and elevate the patient in such a manner to treat or prevent soft tissue pressure injury, gastroesophageal reflux, congestive heart failure, or sleep apnea.

The present invention provides a medical support pillow and method for supporting a patient in the lateral position while maintaining an open airway. The lateral airway support pillow includes a chest support, a shoulder recess, a head support and a posterior bolster. The orientation of these components support the patient in the lateral position, with the spine and airway in a straight position, thus eliminating possible airway obstruction. One embodiment of the invention contains a head support with a posterior recess and a neck support which provides for straightening of the neck and airway and aligning the oral, pharyngeal, and laryngeal axes of the airway. Other embodiments position and elevate the patient in such a manner to treat or prevent soft tissue pressure injury, gastroesophageal reflux, congestive heart failure, or sleep apnea.

The invention discloses a method for predicting hospitalization stress injury healing based on a big data mining model. According to the prediction model, the general characteristics, disease-relatedcharacteristics and blood routine examination and blood biochemical examination report results of hospitalized pressure injury patients are extracted, and the healing risk of the clinical pressure injury is predicted. According to the method and the model, the refractory stress injury can be recognized in the early stage through a simple and effective visual scoring system, and the outcome and prognosis of the refractory stress injury are judged; furthermore, related intervention can be performed as soon as possible, a layering basis can be provided for personalized intervention strategies ofpressure injury patients with different healing risks in the later period, and therefore, the healing of clinical pressure injury is promoted.

The present invention relates to an arm protection apparatus, and particularly an apparatus for protecting an arm from pressure injury. The apparatus comprises a pliant material having receiving portions for the upper arm and lower arm and releasable straps for the upper and lower arm. Wherein, in use, the channel and straps surround the arm so as to distribute pressure on the arm and reduce the likelihood of pressure injury.

The present invention relates to a component transmission buffer storage device used in automobile production line, consisting of a transmission chain with a bearing roller, a chain track frame, a chain wheel frame, a work piece hook and an inclination regulation screw, wherein, the chain track frame has two parallel frames, the chain wheel frame is connected to the two ends of the chain track frame, the chain track frame and the chain wheel frame form a circular track together, the transmission chain with a bearing roller is arranged on the chain track frame and the chain wheel frame, the work piece hook is uniformly arranged on the transmission chain, and the chain track frame is fixed on a bearing beam through the inclination regulation screw. With the component transmission buffer storage device, automatic transmission can be realized with the gravity of the component, with no need of special power equipment and low cost; the present invention can ensure that first stored component can come out firstly and avoid the shortcoming that the component becomes rusty because of long time storage, with convenient and reliable redeposit; collision and pressure injury of a side wall in the process of redeposit can be avoided and the quality of the component can be ensured; the present invention is suitable for storage of large component, such as a body-side, in particular.

A warning device for the prevention of pressure sores and circulation problems from prolonged inactivity includes a sensor positioned in a pad to detect the weight of a user on the pad. A sitting timer measures the amount of time the user has continuously sat on the pad, and an alarm activated by the warning device when the user has continuously sat on the pad in excess of a first predetermined limit, wherein the alarm includes a visual alarm mechanism, an auditory alarm mechanism, and a sensory alarm mechanism. A standing timer is started when the user's weight is removed from the pad and measuring the amount of time the user has been off of the pad. The alarm is reactivated if the sensor detects the user's weight reapplied to the pad before the standing timer has expired.

Systems and methods for accurately and efficiently diagnosing, assessing, staging, and treating pressure ulcers, as well as preventing reverse staging of pressure ulcers, are disclosed. The system, in one embodiment, ensures that the rationale for the stage assigned to the patient will be in the patients' medical record. The system, in various embodiments, further suggests the pressure ulcer classification and allows the user to choose which classification terms should be used. In various embodiments, the system also allows for the different classification / staging system guidelines to be used, including the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP) guidelines, the European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel Guidelines (EPUAP), the Pan Pacific Pressure Injury Alliance, CMS, WHO, and the MDS Guidelines.

The invention discloses a pressure injury prevention and control mattress used on a flatcar. The mattress comprises an air bed, air pumps, a control device, an electromagnetic valve and a power supplydevice, wherein the air bed is divided into three areas including the areas with small pressure injury risks on the two sides and the area with large pressure injury risks in the middle; two groups of strip-shaped air bags are alternately distributed in the areas on the two sides, and the first air pump conducts inflation and exhaust on the interiors of the two groups of strip-shaped air bags inturn every 8 minutes; on the basis of in-turn inflation and exhaust and according to pressure changes at each position of the air bed, the inflation degree of the second air pump on each position is controlled through a control device. The mattress is economical, practical, comfortable and effective, the requirements of different individuals on the air bed can be met, and the occurrence of pressure injury in the anesthesia recovery period and transferring process of a patient after general anesthesia is effectively prevented; meanwhile, the mattress is applicable to emergency rescue rooms andthe 120 first-aid transferring process.

The invention discloses a pressure injury dynamic early warning system, which takes a central processing unit as a data analysis processing core and consists of a data acquisition module, a data analysis module, an early warning prompt module and a database, and is characterized in that the data acquisition module acquires real-time dynamic sign information of a patient; the data analysis module analyzes the acquired dynamic sign information data of the patient; the early warning prompt module performs corresponding early warning operation according to the analysis result; the database is usedfor storing the acquired dynamic sign information data of the patient and data which is used as an analysis sample and is obtained through manual collection, investigation and practice; and the dataacquisition module comprises a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor and a pressure sensor, and is used for collecting the temperature and humidity conditions of the body surface of the correspondingposition of the patient and the pressure and shearing force conditions. According to the invention, the system has the advantages of high sensitivity, high evaluation result accuracy, satisfactory processing result aiming at the dissimilatory condition, high efficiency and very high popularization value.

Apparatus for assessing medical risks of a patient includes an analytics engine and equipment that provides data to the analytics engine. The equipment includes a patient support apparatus such as a patient bed, a nurse call computer, a physiological monitor, a patient lift, a locating computer of a locating system, and an incontinence detection pad. The analytics engine analyzes the data from theequipment to determine a sepsis risk score, a falls risk score, and a pressure injury score. The apparatus further include displays that are communicatively coupled to the analytics engine and that display the sepsis, falls, and pressure injury risk scores. The displays include a status board display located at a master nurse station, an in-room display provided by a room station of a nurse callsystem, an electronic medical records (EMR) display of an EMR computer, and a mobile device display of a mobile device of a caregiver assigned to the patient.

The invention discloses a buffer-type hot melting column used for hot melting a nut and implanting the nut into a plastic part. The buffer-type hot melting column comprises a connection body, a hot melting component, an elastic component and an adjusting component, wherein the connection body is of a columnar body; a through hole is formed in the connection body; an outer thread is formed in one end of the connection body; one end of the hot melting component is clamped to the through hole; the other end of the hot melting component extends out of the through hole in a direction being far away from the outer thread; the lower end surface of the other end of the hot melting component is matched with the size of the upper surface of a nut to be hot molten and implanted into a plastic part; the elastic component is arranged in the through hole; one end of the elastic component is propped against the hot melting component; and the adjusting component is arranged in the through hole and is propped against the other end of the elastic component. According to the buffer-type hot melting column, an action point directly acts on the nut during hot melting, so that the nut is closely integrated with the plastic part; the deformation of the elastic component at the interior can be conveniently controlled, so that the stroke height of the buffer-type hot melting column can be conveniently debugged; and the hot melting pressure injury can be effectively avoided.

The invention relates to a pressure injury monitoring and feedback device and feedback regulation system, and belongs to the technical field of monitoring devices. Pressure acquisition assemblies and a transmission assembly are arranged in a flexible shell of the device; the pressure acquisition assemblies are connected with a control assembly; the pressure acquisition assemblies are used for acquiring contact pressure information of a target part; the transmission assembly is used for receiving and sending the contact pressure information; and the control assembly receives the contact pressure information of the target part, thereby calculating the internal stress, corresponding to the contact pressure information, of deep tissue, and an early warning is given out when a pressure injury threshold value of the target part is reached. According to the device, by measuring the contact pressure information of the external surface, the internal stress of the deep tissue corresponding to the contact pressure information is predicted, and monitoring of the pressure injury of the deep tissue is realized, so that the early warning is given out at the early stage of the pressure injury for intervention to effectively prevent the pressure injury, and the device is convenient and quick.

The invention discloses a pressure injury preventing device for a critical patient. The pressure injury prevention device for the critical patient comprises a bed body, a driving assembly, first bearing plates and second bearing plates, wherein an accommodating cavity with an open end is formed in the bed body; the driving assembly is arranged in the accommodating cavity; a first bearing surface is arranged on each first bearing plate; the first bearing plates are in transmission connection with the driving assembly, so that each first bearing surface is lower than the open end or is flush with the open end, each second bearing plate is provided with a second bearing surface, the second bearing plates are adjacent to the first bearing plates and are in transmission connection with the driving assembly, so that each second bearing surface is lower than the open end or is flush with the open end, and the movement direction of each second bearing plate is opposite to that of each first bearing plate. When a patient lies on the bed body, the driving assembly drives the first bearing plates and the second bearing plates, the first bearing plates and the second bearing plates make contact with the patient alternately, pressure injuries to the patient are avoided, and the workload of medical staff is reduced.

The invention discloses a pressure injury preventive sickbed. The sickbed comprises a rack, wherein an upper bed board and a lower bed board are arranged on the rack, and a plurality of air vents areformed in the upper bed board and the lower bed board; a first driving mechanism is arranged in the rack, and drives the upper bed board to turn over through a linkage mechanism; a second driving mechanism and a massage ventilation mechanism are also arranged in the rack; the massage ventilation mechanism comprises rotating shafts rotationally arranged at the bottom of the rack, at least two concave parts are arranged at the top end of each rotating shaft, the upper parts of the rotating shafts are sleeved with sliding sleeves, convex parts matched with the concave parts on the rotating shaftsare arranged on the inner end surfaces of the sliding sleeves; a limiting rack matched with the sliding sleeves is arranged on the rack, and extrusion blocks are arranged at the top ends of the sliding sleeves; the second driving mechanism drives the rotating shafts of the massage ventilation mechanism to rotate, so that the sliding sleeves slide up and down in the vertical direction of the limiting rack, and the sliding sleeves drive the extrusion blocks to penetrate the corresponding air vents in the lower bed board to perform corresponding axial movement. The sickbed has good pressure injury preventive effect.

A support surface having a plurality of small, independent, cylinder shape, vertically mounted air cells integrated on a hospital bed, nursing home or home care beds or as a mattress replacement. The pneumatic support surface is electronically controlled and operated by a caregiver through the only external part of the system: a smartphone or a tablet. The support surface is capable to perform separately or in succession, within two hours, several cycles of a plurality of known procedures for the prevention of pressure sores plus a unique procedure focused on the most-risky parts of the body combined with a program that provides optimum conditions for best and faster healing of existing pressure injuries.

A system for determining an objective pressure injury score and altering a treatment plan based on the objective pressure injury score include a plurality of sensors coupled to a person support apparatus, at least one moisture sensor configured to sense a moisture level between the person and the support surface, and at least one computing device coupled to the plurality of sensors coupled to theperson support apparatus and the at least one moisture sensor. The at least one computing device receives data from the plurality of sensors coupled to the person support apparatus and the at least one moisture sensor, obtains data from an electronic medical record associated with the person supported by the person support apparatus, calculates a pressure injury score indicative of a likelihood that the person will develop a pressure injury based on the data from the plurality of sensors, the at least one moisture sensor, and the electronic medical record, and alters a treatment plan for the person based on the calculated pressure injury score.

The invention discloses a medical mask with a variable filtering area. The medical mask is mainly used when medical staff isolate germs in an infectious ward. The mask is simple in structure and convenient to use, the front half portion of the protective layer on the mask is made into a corrugated pipe shape, the front end of the protective layer is sealed, when the mask is used, the corrugated pipe portion at the front end of the protective layer can be pulled open at any time in an isolation ward according to needs, the filtering area of the mask is increased, and therefore the mask can be replaced; the user does not feel suffocated, moist and peculiar smell after wearing the mask for several hours continuously; on the other hand, the edge part, making contact with the human body, of themask is made of foam materials and can be fully matched with the face of the human body, and leakage is not likely to happen. The mask has the beneficial effects that the mask has a good local pressure reduction effect, can be used for a long time at a time, can be used for solving the problem of mask replacement under the condition that a patient does not go out of an isolation ward, and is notprone to generating pressure injuries such as indentation, skin redness, pain, friction and dampness at the human face after being used for a long time.

An apparatus for assessing patient medical risk includes an analysis engine and a device to provide data to the analysis engine. The analysis engine analyzes the data from the device to determine a septicemia risk score, a fall risk score, and a pressure impairment score. The device also includes a display communicatively coupled to the analysis engine and displaying the septicemia impairment score, the fall risk score and the pressure injury risk score. These displays include a status panel display located at a primary nurse station, an indoor display provided by the room station of a nurse calling system, an electronic medical record (EMR) display of an EMR computer, and a mobile device display of a mobile device assigned to the caregiver of the patient.

The invention relates to the technical field of machinery, and in particular relates to a multi-purpose indwelling needle. The indwelling needle comprises an indwelling needle body, an extension pipemounted at the bottom of the indwelling needle body, and an infusion joint mounted at the other end of the extension tube. For the multi-purpose indwelling needle, a first one-way valve is arranged atthe tail end of a hose, so that liquid or blood only can enter and can not exit; meanwhile, an infusion valve is cancelled, so that the pressure injuries caused by the infusion valve can be avoided,tblood can flow out from mesh openings, on one hand, whether a steel needle is inserted into the vein or not can be confirmed, on the other hand, medical workers can carry out blood sampling work conveniently, liquid can enter the hose directly through the indwelling needle body, and then vein treatment is carried out; backflow of liquid or blood also can be prevented, and moreover, through a second one-way valve, two ends can realize smooth liquid supplementing; and in addition, due to the arrangement of a first probe and a second probe, the blood pressure, heart rate, SPO2 and body temperature can be rapidly measured.

The invention discloses a fixing and straightening device for forearm fracture and an application method of the fixing and straightening device. The fixing and straightening device comprises a forearm fixing assembly and an upper arm fixing assembly, wherein the forearm fixing assembly comprises a pair of first fixing plates which are oppositely arranged and a pair of second fixing plates which are oppositely arranged; the spacing between the pair of the first fixing plates and the spacing between the pair of the second fixing plates are adjustable; the upper arm fixing assembly is movably connected with the forearm fixing assembly through a pair of connecting assemblies, and comprises a pair of third fixing plates which are oppositely arranged and of which the spacing is adjustable; a fixing rod is arranged between each first fixing plate and the corresponding third fixing plate; and one end of each fixing rod is arranged at the side end of the corresponding first fixing plate in a sliding manner, and the other end of each fixing rod is hinged to the side end of the corresponding third fixing plate. According to the fixing and straightening device provided by the invention, affected limbs are be prevented from being impacted by external force; and in the using process, the spacing between the fixing plates can be regulated according to the swell degree of the affected limbs, so that the forearm is fixed, and the situation that the affected limbs are subjected to pressure injury is also avoided.

The invention discloses a medical mask with a protective layer capable of being replaced at any time. The mask is mainly used when medical staff isolate germs in an infectious ward, is simple in structure and convenient to use, when the mask is used, the protective layer on the mask can be replaced at any time in the isolation ward according to the use condition of the medical staff, the effect ofreplacing the mask is achieved, and even if the mask is worn for several hours continuously, the medical staff cannot feel suffocated, damp and peculiar smells; on the other hand, an edge part, making contact with the human body, of the mask is made of foam materials and can be fully matched with the face of the human body, and leakage is not likely to happen. The mask has the beneficial effectsthat the mask has a good local pressure reduction effect, can be used for a long time at a time, can be used for solving the problem of mask replacement under the condition that a patient does not goout of the isolation ward, and is not prone to generating pressure injuries such as indentation, skin redness, pain, friction and dampness at the human face after being used for a long time.

The invention discloses a preparation method and device of autologous platelet-rich plasma for treating pressure injury. The preparation method includes the steps: (1) whole blood collection; (2) anticoagulant adding; (3) primary centrifugation; (4) secondary centrifugation; (5) thrice centrifugation; (6) platelet-rich plasma preparation. The preparation device comprises a centrifugal tube, the centrifugal tube comprises an outer tube, an inner tube and a sealing cover, the inner wall of the outer tube is closely fitted with the outer wall of the inner tube, the sealing cover is hermetically connected with the upper ends of the outer tube and the inner tube, a liquid discharging tube is arranged at the bottom of the inner tube, a simple clamp is arranged on the liquid discharging tube, a plurality of liquid pumping holes are formed in the side wall of the inner tube, side wall sealing parts are arranged in the liquid pumping holes, and needle heads can penetrate the side wall sealing parts. The preparation device is simple in structure and convenient to operate, the pollution probability of blood can be reduced in preparation process of the plasma to a great extent, platelets in the prepared plasma are high in concentration, extracting efficiency is high, preparation period is short, feasibility is high, and the preparation device has popularization and use values in clinical practice.

The invention discloses a prostrate ventilation head supporting device, and relates to the field of hospital supplies. The prostrate ventilation head supporting device is beneficial to avoiding facial skin pressure injury. The prostrate ventilation head supporting device comprises a base, a supporting rod and a panel which are sequentially arranged from bottom to top. The device further comprises a height adjusting mechanism, a forehead supporting piece and two face supporting pieces; the forehead supporting piece and the face supporting pieces penetrate through the panel, and the panel can guide the forehead supporting piece and the face supporting pieces to move up and down; and the height adjusting mechanism is located below the panel and can drive the forehead supporting piece and the face supporting pieces to move up and down, so that the forehead supporting piece and the face supporting pieces have the three states of being flush, being higher in the forehead supporting piece and being higher in the face supporting pieces. The three states are carried out alternately, so that the forehead and the face of the patient are not pressed within a period of time and can have a rest, and pressure injury to the skin is avoided.

The invention discloses a pressure injury protection pad control method, and a device thereof and a computer readable storage medium. The pressure data corresponding to independent air chambers are collected in real time through a pressure sensor; a target independent air chamber which currently meets a preset pressure relief condition is determined based on the pressure data; and an air pump is controlled to deflate the target independent air chamber. According to the invention, the pressure sensor is arranged on the upper surface of each independent air chamber of the protection pad, the pressure sensed by the part, in contact with the surface of the air chamber, of the human body is automatically detected to position the bruised easily-happening part, deflation and pressure relief are automatically conducted on the independent air chamber corresponding to the bruised easily-happening part, prevention and nursing of the bruised easily-happening part are achieved, and the locating andprotecting efficiency and accuracy of the bruised easily-happening part are effectively improved.

The present invention is directed to a mattress system that provides proper spinal alignment when a person is in the lateral decubitis position for long periods of time, such as when a person is undergoing surgical procedures. Thus the present invention is configured to work within the confines of standard surgical tables. By allowing a section of a mattress under the arm and shoulder of the patient to be easily removed, damaging pressures on the patient's shoulder and pressure injuries in the lateral decubitus position are greatly diminished.

The invention relates to a bed, and provides a turning over bed with a pipeline fixing bracket. The turning over bed comprises a turning over bed body, wherein the turning over bed body comprises a bedstead and a mattress; a driving mechanism for driving the mattress to turn over is mounted on the bedstead; a human-shaped concave region matched with a human body outline is formed in the center ofthe mattress, and the opening of the human-shaped concave region is upward; air sacs or water sacs are mounted on the inner wall of the human-shaped concave region; the pipeline fixing bracket for supporting ducts is mounted on the mattress, and is arranged above a position for accommodating the head of the human body, of the human-shaped concave region; guiding grooves for accommodating the ductsare formed in the upper surface of the mattress; and one ends of the guiding grooves communicate with the human-shaped concave region, and the other ends of the guiding grooves communicate with the outer wall of the mattress. According to the turning over bed with the pipeline fixing bracket disclosed by the invention, through the pipeline fixing bracket, pressure injury caused by apparatus pipelines is prevented; the pipeline fixing bracket can rotate along with the angular transformation of the turning over bed, various ducts of a patient are properly fixed, and the effects of turning overa body and alternating postures can also be achieved.