South Africa: Restoring a Broken Body, One Precision Scalpel Pass At a Time
[Daily Maverick] The man lying on the operating table has a bedsore much larger than my hand. It is slowly draining the life from him. Today this wound which has been ravaging his body for years will be treated by two plastic surgeons. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 27, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
NHS pays out £200,000 every week in compensation to patients for bedsores
Last year saw UK NHS payouts for bedsores reach a record £10.3million. But an extra £10.5million was also racked up in legal fees - bringing the total to around £400,000 a week. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 9, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Patient 'rotting alive' from bedsore dies, Burlington hospital launches action plan
Bob Wilson's daughter Linda Moss says doctors and the coroner told her his primary cause of death, at a palliative-care facility in Burlington, Ont., on the weekend, was a bedsore infection that got into his bones and blood. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - June 10, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Hamilton Source Type: news
Patient 'rotting alive' from bedsore dies as Burlington hospital launches action plan
Bob Wilson died palliative care Saturday, according to his daughter Linda Moss, who said doctors and the coroner told her his primary cause of his death was an infection from the bedsore that got into his bones and blood. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - June 10, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Hamilton Source Type: news
'Basically rotting alive': Family shocked by massive bedsore threatening man's life
For months, a bedsore silently formed on Bob Wilson's backside while he lay in a hospital bed in Burlington, Ont. Now the hospital has apologized and is investigating, but his family remains horrified and racked with guilt. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - May 16, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Hamilton Source Type: news
3 common types of chronic wounds
How do you know if your wound is chronic? The severity of your injury, as well as complications that cause significant delays in healing, are common indicators. There are also certain kinds of wounds that often end up high on the chronic scale.
Here are the three most common types of chronic wounds:
Infectious wounds, surgical sites and ulcers are among the most common chronic wounds.
1. Infectious wounds
When infection causes significant delays in healing, the wound often becomes chronic. According to Wound Care Centers, typical signs of chronic infectious wounds include bad odors, pus drainage, dead tissue, in...
Source: Advanced Tissue - March 7, 2019 Category: Dermatology Authors: AdvancedTissue Tags: Wound Care Wound Infection chronic wounds Source Type: news
Avita says EU sales temporarily interrupted, inks Japanese distro deal for Recell
Avita Medical (ASX:AVH) said yesterday that sales of its Recell device in the European Union were temporarily interrupted due to an administrative issue with its notified body and announced a new Japanese marketing and distribution deal.
The Valencia, Calif.-based company said that the sales interruption occurred after its EU-based notified body “reported open items related to administrative and procedural non-conformities,” but said that the action has no impact outside the EU and that issues are not related to product quality, safety or performance.
Avita said that it does not actively promote the product in...
Source: Mass Device - March 4, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Business/Financial News Distribution Featured Regulatory/Compliance Wound Care avitamedical Source Type: news
Integrated Device Design Critical to Rapid Medical IoT Development
Medical IoT holds the promise of vastly improved patient outcomes, along with the potential for an evolutionary step-change in the way healthcare is managed and delivered. Medical IoT devices will enable more rapid detection of disease, continuous remote monitoring of a patient’s condition, and far more targeted, effective treatment of conditions ranging from diabetes to cancer. All aspects of fundamental healthcare will be impacted: Prevention and wellness, chronic care, acute care, and post-acute care monitoring. As a consequence, the market for connected medical devices is estimated to grow from $20.6B...
Source: MDDI - January 29, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: James Clements Tags: Electronics Source Type: news
Scanner Helps Find Areas Most at Risk to Develop Pressure Ulcers
Bruin Biometrics (BBI) is looking to shake up the way patients are assessed for pressure ulcers with its SEM scanner. FDA granted de novo marketing authorization for the device which can help uncover a patient’s risk for bedsores and gauge whether there is tissue damage.
The current standard for assessing pressure ulcers requires clinicians or healthcare givers to visually inspect patients' skin and remember to turn them over in their beds every few hours. The current standard also relies on risk assessment scales that judge which patients are most at risk for developing pressure ulcers and monitor them.
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Source: MDDI - January 9, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Omar Ford Tags: Business Sterilization Source Type: news
Bruin Biometrics ’ bedsore scanner wins de novo FDA approval
Bruin Biometrics’ SEM Scanner
Bruin Biometrics said it has landed FDA de novo clearance for its SEM Scanner, a wireless, handheld device to help assess patients at increased risk for pressure ulcers.
The scanner is a novel device that can objectively alert clinicians to specific anatomical areas of a patient’s body at increased risk for developing pressure damage before that damage is visible at the skin surface. Pressure sores typically appear at areas of bony prominence, such as the heels and sacrum.
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Source: Mass Device - January 7, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Nancy Crotti Tags: Blog Source Type: news
Worst Bedsores Still Plague U.S. Hospital Patients: Study
Title: Worst Bedsores Still Plague U.S. Hospital Patients: StudyCategory: Health NewsCreated: 11/7/2018 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 11/8/2018 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Skin General)
Source: MedicineNet Skin General - November 8, 2018 Category: Dermatology Source Type: news
Worst Bedsores Still Plague U.S. Hospital Patients: Study
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 7, 2018 -- Despite years of attention to the problem, U.S. hospitals have made little headway in preventing severe cases of bedsores among older Americans, a new study shows.
Researchers found that across hospitals in three states,... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - November 7, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Presence of new or worsened bedsores tied to poorer outcomes in inpatient rehab facilities
(University at Buffalo) The study is the first to examine whether this metric is, in fact, is associated with outcome of care in inpatient rehabilitation settings. New or worsened bedsores is a quality metric instituted as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). The ACA requires that medical institutions be evaluated on their quality of care. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - August 30, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Driving Medical IoT Concepts with Force-Sensitive Resistor Technology
The Internet of Things (IoT) represents a growing wave of change that brings several new challenges to design engineers across all industries and markets. While it is a somewhat nebulous concept, IoT is broadly defined as a network of smart devices that communicate with one another wirelessly, with little-to-no direct human interaction.
In general, physicians and patients are becoming more accepting of medical treatment methods that offer the best opportunity for patients to live a normal life. Human contact will always be an important part in all medical treatment, but the development of smart medical devices, systems, an...
Source: MDDI - July 18, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Rob Podoloff and Andy Dambeck Tags: Digital Health Source Type: news
The beam of light that heals bed sores and ulcers
Doctors in Salford have built a special lamp with 32 different bulbs, which emit infrared, red or ultraviolet light — together they are thought to speed up healing through different mechanisms. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 16, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
