Design of an Innovative Medical Device to Improve Quality of Life in Lymphedema Patients

Katherine Wang, Angeliki Kopsini

2020

Abstract

Lymphedema is a disease that is a common side effect of breast cancer, affecting up to 70% of breast cancer patients. Currently there is no known curative treatment; management of the disease is based on symptomatic therapy such as Complete Decongestive Therapy (CDT). Current devices and compression garments used in CDT are often heavy and cause discomfort and bacterial infections due to poor skin care. Along with the long-term physical problems, it also causes serious psychological and social problems for patients, affecting their quality of life significantly. There is an urgent need for innovative approaches for the treatment of lymphedema. In this paper we propose a novel solution in the form of a light portable pneumatic device “Lymphmotion”, along with a complimentary compression garment designed to reduce bacterial infection to address this problem.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Wang K. and Kopsini A. (2020). Design of an Innovative Medical Device to Improve Quality of Life in Lymphedema Patients. In Proceedings of the 13th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: ClinMed, ISBN 978-989-758-398-8, pages 323-328. DOI: 10.5220/0009369703230328

in Bibtex Style

@conference{clinmed20,
author={Katherine Wang and Angeliki Kopsini},
title={Design of an Innovative Medical Device to Improve Quality of Life in Lymphedema Patients},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 13th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: ClinMed,},
year={2020},
pages={323-328},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009369703230328},
isbn={978-989-758-398-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 13th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: ClinMed,
TI - Design of an Innovative Medical Device to Improve Quality of Life in Lymphedema Patients
SN - 978-989-758-398-8
AU - Wang K.
AU - Kopsini A.
PY - 2020
SP - 323
EP - 328
DO - 10.5220/0009369703230328