Cleaning a burn wound is an essential part of a burn patient's recovery process. Practically every necrotic tissue removal method currently available is either very time consuming, painful, non-selective or puts the patient at a high risk for infection. This project focuses on understanding the human skin structure, the classification of burns and their pathogenesis, and wound treatment in ambulatory and also hospital settings. As a result of the research, a preliminary design of robotic debridement device is presented.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Schoenhagen, Yann-Frederic Moukoudi
• Yibrah, Jirom Solomon
• Mozhanova, Marzhan T.

Subject

• Well-Being
• Health
• Innovation
• Industry
• Security

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042711-235352

Keyword

• Robotics
• Medical care

Advisor

• Fofana, Mustapha S.

Year

• 2011

Date created

• 2011-04-27

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright