Team:

Alaul Islam, Niroja Balakumar, Sharon Gabison, Tilak Dutta

Problem:

Pressure injuries are a serious health-related issue both for the patients who suffer from them, as well as the Canadian healthcare system that spends an estimated $12 B on treating this condition.

Goal:

Research has shown that pressure injuries can be prevented through regular body position changes. Experts say body positions should occur every 15 minutes or so for those in a wheel chair and at least every once every two hours for people in bed, even during the night time hours. Our team is developing a low-cost and simple-to-use device to help remind patients and caregivers when repositioning of the patient is needed, which off-loads the body parts under pressure that are risk of developing pressure injuries.