Dynamic compression chamber to reduce scarring in a hand injury

Author

Callahan, Tara ; Hammerle, Lauren ; Princiotta, Ashley ; Wos, Becky

Author_Institution

Dept. of Chem., Chem. Biol., Biomed. Eng., Stevens Inst. of Technol., Hoboken, NJ, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

25-27 April 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

According to the CDC, over 3.7 million people in 2010 visited the emergency room for a hand related injury. Nearly 60 percent of patients never regained normal hand function due to residual scar tissue. Therefore, TheraGlove´s goal was to improve the patient´s quality of life with the development of a dynamic rehabilitation device that provided compression, stimulated blood flow toward the heart, and reduced swelling with an aim to better reduce scar tissue.

Keywords

biological tissues; biomechanics; biomedical equipment; haemodynamics; injuries; patient rehabilitation; CDC; TheraGlove; dynamic compression chamber; dynamic rehabilitation device; emergency room; hand injury; hand related injury; heart; normal hand function; patient quality of life; residual scar tissue; scar tissue reduction; scarring reducion; stimulated blood flow; swelling reduction; Bladder; Chemistry; Circulators; Injuries; Medical treatment; Tendons; Wrist; compression; dynamic; edema; hand; swelling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bioengineering Conference (NEBEC), 2014 40th Annual Northeast

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NEBEC.2014.6972747

Filename

6972747