Bioimpedance measurement system for evaluation of the status of wound healing

: Kekonen A, Bergelin M, Eriksson JE, Ylanen H, Kielosto S, Viik J

: Toomas Rang

: 15th Biennial Blatic Electronics Conference (BEC)

: 2016

: 2016 15TH BIENNIAL BLATIC ELECTRONICS CONFERENCE (BEC)

: 175

: 178

: 4

: 978-1-5090-1393-7

Hard-to-heal wounds are usually evaluated visually by a medical professional. Visual inspection as a method is subjective and in order to evaluate the wound the dressings have to he removed. Our group has developed a wound patch, a bioimpedance device and a PC software for mapping the wound area and to evaluate the status of wound healing. This study introduces the patch and the measurement system. We also present the test measurement results obtained using an early version of the wound patch. The results confirmed that the patch can be used for the evaluation of the wound status.