TY - GEN
T1 - Concept design of a new portable medical device for lymphedema monitoring
T2 - 12th International Conference on Health Informatics, HEALTHINF 2019 - Part of 12th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2019
AU - Tisaire, Jordi Escuder
AU - Rodrigo, Elena Martín
AU - Ribeiro, Sofia
AU - Ricci, Mariachiara
AU - Cuellar, Juan Sebastian
AU - Zeugolis, Dimitrios
AU - Bayon, Yves
AU - Rocha, Isabel
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 by SCITEPRESS - Science and Technology Publications, Lda. All rights reserved.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Lymphedema is a chronic and progressive condition derived from impaired lymphatic system function. Lymphedema is incurable, progressive, disfiguring, disabling and has adverse psychosocial effects. Upper extremity lymphedema is mainly the consequence of breast cancer surgery. Several methods to diagnose lymphedema exist; however, these diagnoses are performed once the disease is already close to an advanced, irreversible stage. There is a need to monitor patients at risk with an efficient device. To solve this unmet need, we propose a portable home-monitoring device for early diagnosis of lymphedema. This paper explores all the aspects of the development of a new medical device, such as the assessment of the clinical need and the state of the art, the specifications for the solution, the definition of the broad outlines of the development plan and some considerations about the usability, the risk analysis, the market and the competitors.
AB - Lymphedema is a chronic and progressive condition derived from impaired lymphatic system function. Lymphedema is incurable, progressive, disfiguring, disabling and has adverse psychosocial effects. Upper extremity lymphedema is mainly the consequence of breast cancer surgery. Several methods to diagnose lymphedema exist; however, these diagnoses are performed once the disease is already close to an advanced, irreversible stage. There is a need to monitor patients at risk with an efficient device. To solve this unmet need, we propose a portable home-monitoring device for early diagnosis of lymphedema. This paper explores all the aspects of the development of a new medical device, such as the assessment of the clinical need and the state of the art, the specifications for the solution, the definition of the broad outlines of the development plan and some considerations about the usability, the risk analysis, the market and the competitors.
KW - Bioimpendance
KW - Breast Cancer
KW - Lymphedema
KW - Screening
KW - Self-Monitoring
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85064687919&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.5220/0007696706110620
DO - 10.5220/0007696706110620
M3 - Conference Publication
AN - SCOPUS:85064687919
T3 - HEALTHINF 2019 - 12th International Conference on Health Informatics, Proceedings; Part of 12th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2019
SP - 611
EP - 620
BT - HEALTHINF 2019 - 12th International Conference on Health Informatics, Proceedings; Part of 12th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2019
A2 - Moucek, Roman
A2 - Fred, Ana
A2 - Gamboa, Hugo
PB - SCITEPRESS
Y2 - 22 February 2019 through 24 February 2019
ER -
