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diabetics, and large traumatic wounds due to car accidents or combat Fortunately, biomedical engineers and material scientists have developed several new devices and therapies that work on chronic wounds IR camouflage lets tanks hide in plain sight When viewed through IR detectors, battle tanks can imitate smaller vehicles and other objects, thanks to a new Adaptiv system Better dressings One of the simplest new approaches to wound therapy are bioceramic dressings from Cerdak, a South Af44 MACHINE Design.com The dermaPACE device from Sanuwave applies acoustic energy to a wound site, which simulates damage to the cells The cells respond by initiating a fresh healing response and the body rushes antigens and growth hormones to the site Senior Editor stephen.mraz@penton.com Resources: Cerdak, www.cerdak.com ConvaTec, www.convatec.com Innovative Therapies Inc., www.itinpwt.com rican company The FDA-approved dressing, called Cerdak, consists of a sachet of loosely packed alumina-oxide spheres ranging in diameter from 0.2 to mm There are many voids between the nonallergenic spheres and each sphere has many pores In fact, pores make up about 75% of the spheresÕ volume The pores average about to µm in diameter, which creates capillary suction forces of about OCTOBER 20, 2011 Kinetic Concepts Inc., www.kci1.com Sanuwave Health Inc., www.sanuwave.com For a look at the low-cost NPWT device in action, go to http://tinyurl.com/3tzup64 56 kPA when in contact with liquids When placed in or near a wound, the spheres attract and retain fluid As they remove older fluid, the body reacts by supplying more, which contains fresh antigens and the growth hormones and proteins needed to fight infection, grow new tissue and blood vessels, and heal the wound And studies show the spheres reduce the amount of bacterial toxins and free radicals, which are both inimical to healing The standard Cerdak dressing is about the size of a tea bag, but the company makes specialized dressings for OCTOBER 20, 2011 MACHINE Design.com Biomedical engineers and doctors have developed several new methods for healing wounds Injection molding for small and microscopic parts can mean different requirements than those cited by manufacturers ELECTRICAL & Instrumentation 64 Test Technology Guide Precise solar measurements; measuring the shake, rattle, and roll during shuttle liftoffs; and conditioning sensor signals PLUGGING IN Navigating international power-connection standards The simple task of specifying an ac electrical plug takes on numerous intricacies in equipment destined for different parts of the world Look at an electrical outlet outside the U S and you’ll probably see an unfamiliar plug pattern There are 18 different plug patterns used around the world In addition, countries around the world use different ac mains voltages and frequencies North America, part of South America, and a few other countries that run on 60 Hz Most of the rest of the world runs on 50 Hz However, some countries, such as Japan, run on both While the voltages in most industrialized countries are typically 120 or 230 Vac, voltages can run anywhere from 100 to 250 Vac Again, some countries use multiple voltages When configuring electrically powered equipment for use outside the U S., cutting off the “wrong” plug and rewiring the “right” plug or using an adapter does not solve the problem Once you change the cord, as when rewiring the “right” plug onto it, the cord loses its regulatory approval — which could also affect the approvals on your equipment Use of country-specific adapters is fine for traveling, but they are not recommended for use on a piece of industrial equipment; the adapters are not approved, so your cord and equipment may lose approvals All developed countries and many of the developing countries have electrical safety standards As a result, most have electriWANT MORE? cal testing agenFocus on this code image cies The U S has using your smartphone and several, includfree software from www neoreader.com, and you will be ing Under writconnected to related content ers Laboratories on machinedesign.com and CSA Internahttp://tinyurl.com/3wspemb tional; Germany 50 MACHINE Design.com The Argentine plug resembles the Australian plug, though the two differ slightly has VDE; Sweden has Semko, and so on Most developed countries require some sort of a third-party test and approval before equipment can be sold internally Many European countries will accept VDE approval on parts used there In most European cases, the national standard will simply be a translation into the local language of the applicable International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) or Cenelec document Any deviations are noted in the front of the publication UL and CSA have adapted some IEC standards but, for the most part, their standards are independent of IEC and Cenelec Plugs and sockets can be categorized by their class and polarization Class I plugs and sockets have the ability to provide grounding The grounded plug and socket must have at least three pins or contact points Class II plugs and sockets have only two electrical contact points, line and neutral, and use two-wire cables A polarized plug-and-socket configuration has two PLUGGING IN: Navigating international power connection standards Here’s how to work through the numerous standards governing electrical plugs and sockets in different parts of the world OCTOBER 20, 2011 50 Access our Reader Service Web site to quickly find and request information on the products and services found in the pages of MACHINE DESIGN www.machinedesign.com/rsc MACHINE Design.com OCTOBER 20, 2011 45 Healing wounds with technology 44 fit for 58 Materials micromolding Authored by: Stephen J Mraz The healing process is actually a host of biological activities that take place in reaction to tissue damage Inflammation, for example, might cause swelling and pain, but normally it stems from the body rushing blood and antigens to an already injured site Other healing activities include a localized increase in protein production to build new tissues and skin, and growth factors arriving at the site to promote new blood vessel growth and seal off the wound But in chronic wounds, this cascade of events seems to stall out, leaving a painful open sore susceptible to infection Researchers at Sanuwave Health Inc., Alpharetta, Ga., have discovered a way to restart the healing process and get that cascade flowing again using ultrasound stimulation with a device they design and manufacture called dermaPACE (PACE stands for pulsed acoustic cellular expression) It uses a handheld transmitter to send four impulses/second of ultrasound carrying 0.23 J/mm2 These impulses travel into the tissue or wound where they create shock waves of about 500 bar followed by negative pressure waves of about –90 bar, according to the company These pressure waves travel about 10 mm into the wound where they generate rapid compression and tension forces at the cellular levels These forces seem to imitate a wound, which initiates the healing cascade In fact, a single treatment, which consists of a little over of impulses, has been shown to increase the healing response for up to 12 weeks Patients usually receive four treatments spread over four weeks The transmitter/applicator contains electronics and liquid components that cannot be sterilized, so health-care technicians encase it in a sterile sleeve while gliding it over the wound to prevent cross contaminations between patients The sleeve material readily transfers acoustic energy The technicians also apply a sterile gel on the wound to facilitate the sound waves passing from the applicator to the tissue Although dermaPACE and similar devices have been shown to initiate and accelerate healing burns, traumatic wounds, reconstructive skin grafts, and diabetic wounds, Sanuwave is initially targeting the device for use on foot ulcers of diabetics, one of the most common chronic wounds One of the symptoms of diabetes is neuropathy, nerve damage that leads to a loss of feeling So diabetic patients in clinical tests and trials have not complained of pain And patients who were treated for other types of wounds did not report pain either But burns studies from Europe report they use lidocain, a local anesthetic, just prior to dermaPACE treatments The FDA is currently reviewing clinical trials of the device for use on diabetic sores It is evaluating time to wound closure, reduction in wound size, rate of patient improvement, patient longterm safety, and skin appearance and pain reduction If all goes well, the agency could approve the device relatively soon And the AMA is already looking favorably on the device based on published clinical data and support from several medical societies Easy DAQ or SCADA with low-cost I/O and practical software Use the technology built into the Productivity3000 programmable controller to make your job easier If you need data collection - 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