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| Title: | Pressure profiling of compression bandages by a computerized instrument |
| Authors: | Das, A
Kumar, B
Mittal, T
Singh, M
Prajapati, S |
| Keywords: | Bandage
Differential pressure transmitter
Digital process controller
Internal pressure
Pressure profile |
| Issue Date: | Jun-2012 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| Abstract: | In the present study, a novel computerized
instrument has been developed to record the applied pressure exerted by medical
bandages in real time. The working of novel computerized instrument is based on
the pneumatic principle, which is used to obtain pressure profiles of internal
pressure exerted by the bandages over a period of time. The basic idea of this
work is to design an online measurement system using differential pressure
transmitter and digital process controller that provides a very accurate method
of measuring pressure applied by compression bandages. This work also aims to
identify different parameters affecting applied pressure profile of these
bandages. A series of commercially available bandages have been studied and the
effects of variables, namely fabric parameters (mass per unit area of bandage,
tensile properties and thickness of bandage), number of bandage wraps or folds
and extent of initial internal pressure have been studied. Bases on the
results, certain characteristics have been recommended for choosing the ideal
bandages. The bandages with higher mass
per unit area and higher warp-wise extensibility show the faster and higher
drop in internal pressure over a period of time. The reduction in internal
pressure is minimised by increasing number of bandage wraps or folds. |
| Page(s): | 114-119 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0975-1025 (Online); 0971-0426 (Print) |
| Source: | IJFTR Vol.37(2) [June 2012]
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