SWAN-iCare: A smart wearable and autonomous negative pressure device for wound monitoring and therapy

The EU FP7 SWAN-iCare project aims at developing an integrated autonomous device for the monitoring and the personalized management of chronic wounds, mainly diabetic foot ulcers and venous leg ulcers. Most foot and leg ulcers are caused by diabetes and vascular problems respectively but a remarkabl...

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Published in2013 International Conference on Embedded Computer Systems: Architectures, Modeling, and Simulation (SAMOS) pp. 137 - 144
Main Authors Texier, Isabelle, Marcoux, Pierre, Pham, Pascale, Muller, Marie, Benhamou, Pierre-Yves, Correvon, Marc, Dudnik, Gabriela, Voirin, Guy, Bue, Natascha, Cristensen, Jan, Laurenza, Massimo, Gazzara, Giuseppe, Raptopoulos, Andreas, Bartzas, Alex, Soudris, Dimitrios, Saxby, Carl, Navarro, Thierry, di Francesco, Fabio, Salvo, Pietro, Romanelli, Marco, Paggi, Battistino, Lymperopoulos, Leonidas
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.07.2013
Subjects
actuators
Biomedical monitoring
Diabetes
embedded software
Foot
medical software
Medical treatment
Monitoring
Sensors
SWAN-iCare
wound monitoring
Wounds
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Summary:The EU FP7 SWAN-iCare project aims at developing an integrated autonomous device for the monitoring and the personalized management of chronic wounds, mainly diabetic foot ulcers and venous leg ulcers. Most foot and leg ulcers are caused by diabetes and vascular problems respectively but a remarkable number of them are also due to the co-morbidity influence of many other diseases (e.g. kidney disease, congestive heart failure, high blood pressure, inflammatory bowel disease). More than 10 million people in Europe suffer from chronic wounds, a number which is expected to grow due to the aging of the population. The core of the project is the fabrication of a conceptually new wearable negative pressure device equipped with Information and Communication Technologies. Such device will allow users to: (a) accurately monitor many wound parameters via non-invasive integrated micro-sensors, (b) early identify infections and (c) remotely provide an innovative personalized two-line therapy via non-invasive micro-actuators to supplement the negative pressure wound therapy. This paper describes the main components of the SWAN-iCare system and its potential impact in the area of wound management.
DOI:10.1109/SAMOS.2013.6621116