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Author Correction: Battery-free, wireless soft sensors for continuous multi-site measurements of pressure and temperature from patients at risk for pressure injuries
- Source :
- Nature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-1 (2021), Nature Communications
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021.
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Abstract
- Capabilities for continuous monitoring of pressures and temperatures at critical skin interfaces can help to guide care strategies that minimize the potential for pressure injuries in hospitalized patients or in individuals confined to the bed. This paper introduces a soft, skin-mountable class of sensor system for this purpose. The design includes a pressure-responsive element based on membrane deflection and a battery-free, wireless mode of operation capable of multi-site measurements at strategic locations across the body. Such devices yield continuous, simultaneous readings of pressure and temperature in a sequential readout scheme from a pair of primary antennas mounted under the bedding and connected to a wireless reader and a multiplexer located at the bedside. Experimental evaluation of the sensor and the complete system includes benchtop measurements and numerical simulations of the key features. Clinical trials involving two hemiplegic patients and a tetraplegic patient demonstrate the feasibility, functionality and long-term stability of this technology in operating hospital settings.
- Subjects :
- Lifestyle modification
Adult
Male
Battery (electricity)
Computer science
Science
General Physics and Astronomy
Biosensing Techniques
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Automotive engineering
Electric Power Supplies
Electronic devices
Pressure
Humans
Wireless
Author Correction
Aged
Monitoring, Physiologic
Skin
Aged, 80 and over
Multidisciplinary
business.industry
Temperature
Multi site
Equipment Design
General Chemistry
Middle Aged
Electrical and electronic engineering
Mechanical engineering
Thermography
Female
business
Biomedical engineering
Wireless Technology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 20411723
- Volume :
- 12
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Nature Communications
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e5d66bb33cd633546da2252e1b4da19d