Impedance Measurement of Wound Infection Status

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Abstract

Wound infection monitoring is a matter of high interest in wound treatment. For this purpose, we extracted sensor parameters suitable to identify massive pathogen presence. One method is to measure neutrophil-derived extracellular DNA as an immediate response of the immune system. We proofed that impedance measurement is a reasonable measurement technique for this parameter. Our sensor concept comprises a planar or fiber-based set-up integrable into a wound cover. Proof-of-principle experiments using impedance spectroscopy in cell cultures showed a dependency correlation between extracellular DNA formation and impedance rise. This was verified by microscopic observation of fluorescently stained samples. A reproducible impedance signal deviation of in average 34% up to 4 hours later at most was observed.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
TitelProceedings SENSOR 2013
KapitelD9 - Medical Sensors
Seiten628 - 632
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2013
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Externe IDs

ORCID /0000-0002-7062-9598/work/173051208