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Design and Development of an E-Textile Mat for Assuring the Comfort of Bedridden Persons
An e-textile mat with capacitive textile sensors was designed and manufactured to monitor body position and prevent decubitus ulcers in the case of bedridden people. The sensors were incorporated through a process of machine embroidery with electrically conductive threads. A new production method fo...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8466474/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34576667 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma14185437 |
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author | Sofronova, Daniela Angelova, Radostina A. Sofronov, Yavor |
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description | An e-textile mat with capacitive textile sensors was designed and manufactured to monitor body position and prevent decubitus ulcers in the case of bedridden people. The sensors were incorporated through a process of machine embroidery with electrically conductive threads. A new production method for the conductive threads is still expected to be developed, resulting in good conductive properties, high wear resistance and durability. Samples of five variants of motifs without cross-stitching were studied, and the capacity and electrical resistance were determined experimentally. A prototype of the e-textile mat was made with a motif showing the best ratio between the inserted thread and the measured capacity. A hardware solution and a software application for collecting, processing and visualising the received information were developed. Tests were performed in real conditions, which clearly showed that the designed e-textile mat could be successfully applied for non-invasive and continuous control of the position of the human body in a supine position to prevent decubitus ulcers. |
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spelling | pubmed-84664742021-09-27 Design and Development of an E-Textile Mat for Assuring the Comfort of Bedridden Persons Sofronova, Daniela Angelova, Radostina A. Sofronov, Yavor Materials (Basel) Article An e-textile mat with capacitive textile sensors was designed and manufactured to monitor body position and prevent decubitus ulcers in the case of bedridden people. The sensors were incorporated through a process of machine embroidery with electrically conductive threads. A new production method for the conductive threads is still expected to be developed, resulting in good conductive properties, high wear resistance and durability. Samples of five variants of motifs without cross-stitching were studied, and the capacity and electrical resistance were determined experimentally. A prototype of the e-textile mat was made with a motif showing the best ratio between the inserted thread and the measured capacity. A hardware solution and a software application for collecting, processing and visualising the received information were developed. Tests were performed in real conditions, which clearly showed that the designed e-textile mat could be successfully applied for non-invasive and continuous control of the position of the human body in a supine position to prevent decubitus ulcers. MDPI 2021-09-20 /pmc/articles/PMC8466474/ /pubmed/34576667 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma14185437 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Sofronova, Daniela Angelova, Radostina A. Sofronov, Yavor Design and Development of an E-Textile Mat for Assuring the Comfort of Bedridden Persons |
title | Design and Development of an E-Textile Mat for Assuring the Comfort of Bedridden Persons |
title_full | Design and Development of an E-Textile Mat for Assuring the Comfort of Bedridden Persons |
title_fullStr | Design and Development of an E-Textile Mat for Assuring the Comfort of Bedridden Persons |
title_full_unstemmed | Design and Development of an E-Textile Mat for Assuring the Comfort of Bedridden Persons |
title_short | Design and Development of an E-Textile Mat for Assuring the Comfort of Bedridden Persons |
title_sort | design and development of an e-textile mat for assuring the comfort of bedridden persons |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8466474/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34576667 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma14185437 |
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