PMID- 30441001
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20191028
LR  - 20200928
IS  - 2694-0604 (Electronic)
IS  - 2375-7477 (Linking)
VI  - 2018
DP  - 2018 Jul
TI  - E-BiInSn Enhanced Rigidity Alterable Artificial Bandage.
PG  - 2873-2876
LID - 10.1109/EMBC.2018.8512906 [doi]
AB  - surgery, orthopedic cast is often implemented to stabilize and fix anatomical 
      structures like broken bones. Plaster could harden after mixed with water, thus 
      it is commonly utilized with cotton bandage to form a solid structure to encase a 
      limb or other body parts. As plaster is heavy and impervious, cast could easily 
      result in itching, rashes, allergic contact dermatitis or other cutaneous 
      complications. In this paper we present a novel implementation for surgical 
      fixation with low melting point alloy (LMPA) stuffed in silicone tubes, which is 
      dubbed "LMPA enhanced bandage The alloy is heated by an enameled copper wire to 
      alter the stiffness. When the alloy is in solid state, the bandage could 
      withstand high load without significant deformation, while if heated to its 
      melting point, the entire bandage would soften. We present several conceptual 
      experiments to evaluate the mechanical performance and body fixation of the 
      proposed bandage. Phase change process and temperature variation were recorded by 
      an infrared camera. Preliminary results showed that the present fixation bandage 
      design owns sufficient mechanical strength and necessary thermal response 
      performance to meet the requirement of clinical applications.
FAU - Yao, Youyou
AU  - Yao Y
FAU - Wang, Hongzhang
AU  - Wang H
FAU - Yang, Xiaohu
AU  - Yang X
FAU - Liu, Jing
AU  - Liu J
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - United States
TA  - Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc
JT  - Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology 
      Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International 
      Conference
JID - 101763872
SB  - IM
MH  - *Bandages
MH  - Skin
EDAT- 2018/11/18 06:00
MHDA- 2019/10/29 06:00
CRDT- 2018/11/17 06:00
PHST- 2018/11/17 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2018/11/18 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2019/10/29 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1109/EMBC.2018.8512906 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2018 Jul;2018:2873-2876. doi: 
      10.1109/EMBC.2018.8512906.