Caregivers such as occupational therapists in the private or public environment understand how important the issue of pressure ulcer prevention is, and they can educate others in the healthcare chain. Faster and more effective learning can save time for occupational therapist and prevent the occurrence of pressure ulcers with the care taker.

SenCere’s alarm can serve as an extra security and help for the caregiver, especially seeing that the government uses pressure ulcers as a quality indicator and this has led to enhanced directives and rules. Other benefits are savings and efficiencies that the aid brings in health care, service and costs.

Care takers

The two patient groups who can derive the greatest benefit from SenCere’s product are spinal cord injured and elderly patients who are sitting or lying.

Spinal Cord Injured
The most vulnerable patients are the wheelchair-bound with spinal cord injuries. For the newly injured, the product is prescribed as a training tool to establish relief procedures. The alarm can thus teach the patient relief patterns based on individual needs.

Elderly
There are one million people in Sweden are included in the ”elderly” age group. This group are found in hospitals, various group homes and nursing homes but are also people living in their own homes. The wheelchair-bound is the largest group of elderly that can benefit from SenCere’s product.

Uses of the product

1. The use of the sensor mat as a research tool gives professionals the possibility to measure and evaluate local interface pressure.

2. The main use of the alarm is to warn the patient and the caregiver when the pressure load is high, so that relief measures can be deployed in order to decrease the risk of the onset of pressure ulcers.

3.Integration into existing security alarms and internal alarm systems at nursing homes and health care institutions will facilitate more effective work in pressure ulcer prevention for staff and may reduce errors in the assessment of relief needs from staff.

Purchase of SenCere’s relief alarm
SenCere has begun concept studies in which researchers test the product prototype and valuable feedback for the next product generation is collected. Commercial sales are planned to be carried out through existing procurement channels to county and municipality institutions.

Please contact us to find out about the possibilities that SenCere can create for you.