Conference Agenda

COMPARING THE STIFFNESS OF THE SKIN TO THAT OF COMMONLY USED SKIN-CONTACTING MEDICAL DEVICES IN CONTEXT OF MDRPU

A. Orlov¹, O. Belo¹, S. Solmos², J. Cuddigan², M. Lustig³, A. Gefen¹

¹Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Israel; ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, NE, USA; ³Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

CHARACTERISATION OF THE PHANTOM TISSUE MODELS FOR MEDICAL DEVICE TESTING AND SURGICAL TRAINING

S. Sattar, T. Pritchard, P. Dorrington, R. van Loon, H. Arora

Swansea University, United Kingdom

EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF PLANTAR SKIN

S. Pettenuzzo, A. Berardo, E. Belluzzi, A. Pozzuoli, P. Ruggieri, E. L. Carniel, C. G. Fontanella

Univeristy of Padova, Italy

USE OF AGAR SAMPLES TO MIMIC THE ELECTROMECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF HUMAN BURN SKIN

R. MATTHIEU^1,2, E. SCHALL^1,2,3, A. BALDIT^1,2, A.-S. BONNET^1,2, M.-R. LOSSER^3,4, S. LE TACON⁴

¹LEM3-UMR-7239, CNRS - Université de Lorraine - Arts et Métiers ParisTech, France; ²ENIM, Université de Lorraine, France; ³INSERM U1116-DCAC, Université de Lorraine, France; ⁴Centre Hospitalier Régional Metz-Thionville, France

COMPRESSION TEXTILES AND SKIN IRRITATION: A CLINICAL STUDY

B. Eydan¹, D. Rimaud², P. Calmels², J.-J. Perrot², R. Convert³, H. Zahouani⁴, B. Pierrat¹, J. Molimard¹

¹Mines Saint-Etienne, Univ Lyon, Univ Jean Monnet, INSERM, U 1059 Sainbiose, Centre CIS, Saint-Étienne, France; ²Hôpital Nord, CHU de Saint-Etienne, France; ³Thuasne, BP243, 92307 Levallois-Perret cedex, France; ⁴Laboratoire de Tribologie et Dynamique des Systèmes, UMR 5513, CNRS, ECL, ENISE, Saint Etienne, France

IN-VIVO DETERMINATION OF PRE-STRESS AND TENSION LINES IN SKIN

H. Conroy Broderick¹, M. Destrade², W. Shu¹, A. Ní Annaidh¹

¹University College Dublin, Ireland; ²University of Galway, Ireland