University of Memphis-University of Tennessee Health Science Center

1 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE

Bioengineering

Development of a Benchtop Model for Evaluating the Compatibility of Wound Dressing Materials with Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Systems

Haley Pruitt¹, Andrew Blass Watson¹, J Amber Jennings¹, Joel D. Bumgardner¹

¹Joint Graduate Biomedical Engineering Program, University of Memphis-University of Tennessee Health Science Center

This study presents a benchtop model designed to evaluate the compatibility of wound dressing materials with negative pressure wound therapy systems by assessing pressure and fluid collection over 72 h under continuous and intermittent pressure settings.