WOUNDMONITOR

The treatment of critically ill patients suffering from burns, chronic skin ulcers or serious wounds, is often complicated by infection. Early detection of bacterial and/or fungal infections is a well identified problem in healthcare, where there are significant scientific and technical problems to be overcome.

WOUNDMONITOR will apply state of the art sensor technology for research and development on an innovative diagnostic system that will enable:

• non-invasive sampling of volatiles emitted from burns, skin ulcers or gaping wounds
• rapid processing of such samples with a mobile laboratory-based multi-technology gas sensor array and pattern recognition system
• rapid diagnosis of changes in state of a patient
• assistance to medical personnel in decision-making in the treatment of such patients
• enhancement of patient safety and personalisation of healthcare and lifestyle management for patients.

For further information, please visit:
http://www.manchester.ac.uk/woundmonitor

Project co-ordinator:
The University of Manchester

Partners:

• The University of Manchester (School of Chemical)
• Engineering and Analytical Science) (UK)
• Puslaidininkiu Fizikos Institutas (LT)
• Kaunas Medical University Hospital (LT)
• CNR-Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia, Brescia (IT)
• Biodiversity SPA (IT)
• Umwelt-Systemtechnik GmbH (DE)
• Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery at South
• Manchester University Hospitals Trust (UK)

Timetable: from 01/06 – to 12/08

Total cost: € 2.242.496

EC funding: € 1.665.687

Instrument: STREP

Project Identifier: IST-2004-027859

Source: FP6 eHealth Portfolio of Projects