NCT04251897

Novel Support Surface to Alleviate Pressure Ulcer

Novel Support Surface Based on Smart Materials to Alleviate Pressure Ulcer Formation During the Rehabilitation of Immobile Patients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 10 (actual)
• Sponsor: Tan Tock Seng Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 21 Years – 85 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

A prototype support surface has been designed which aims to successfully redistributes the pressures exerted and provides sufficient support to human soft tissue We want to prove the effectiveness of the prototype support surface by enlisting patients in a clinical trial, where we will assess the presence of pressure ulcers, and the ability of the patients to tolerate the support surface, and also measure the pressure over time and compare them to when the patients are using standard mattresses.

Conditions

• Immobility Syndrome
• Pressure Ulcer
• Pressure Injury

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Novel support surface	This is a magnetorheological elastomer that can dynamically redistribute the pressure over a bony prominence to be lower than the critical closing pressure while at the same time providing sufficient support.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-09-02
• Primary completion: 2021-08-30
• Completion: 2021-08-30
• First posted: 2020-02-05
• Last updated: 2022-04-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Singapore