Microwave-based technology of medical plaster bandage manufacturing and a plant for its implementation

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.I. Dokhov ◽  
V.V. Zhirnov ◽  
N.E. Lukyanenko
Keyword(s):  
Plaster Bandage

Dilatancy-based impression and fabrication technique for custom foot orthoses

2015 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 409-413 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larissa A Sletto ◽  
Yeongchi Wu ◽  
Christopher Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Developed Countries ◽  
Clinic Visit ◽  
Technical Note ◽  
Foot Orthoses ◽  
Fabrication Technique ◽  
Resource Limited ◽  
Short Period ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Plaster Bandage ◽  
Foot Orthosis

Background and aim: Current methods used to take impressions for custom foot orthoses include plaster bandage, foam box, fiberglass, and laser-optical scanner. Impressions are converted to positive plaster or foam models. These methods create waste and may not be feasible in resource-limited areas. This technical note presents an alternative, greener impression and fabrication technique for foot orthoses that utilizes the dilatancy principle. Technique: Steps of the dilatancy (vacuum-based) procedure include taking an impression of the foot, converting the negative mold to a positive sand model, modifying the positive sand model, and thermoforming the foot orthosis. Discussion: This plaster-less system is inexpensive to set up and maintain, is reusable thereby minimizing cost and waste, and is clean to use. It enables a practitioner to quickly take an impression for fabricating a foot orthosis in a short period of time during a single clinic visit by the patient. Clinical relevance The dilatancy casting system could potentially be a cheaper, faster, and greener alternative procedure for fabricating custom foot orthoses in both developing and developed countries.

scholarly journals A Study On Work-Life Balance In Working Women

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (7) ◽  
pp. 76-88
Author(s):  
N. Lakshmi ◽  
V. Sai Prasanth
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Working Women ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Personal Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Active Engagement ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Knowledge Age ◽  
Plaster Bandage

The purpose of working women has changed throughout the creation due to economic shifts and social needs. This has resulted in a scenario in which working women have tremendous pressure to develop a career as robust as their male counterparts while nourishing active engagement in personal life. The ever-increasing workload is bringing a plaster bandage on the working women leaving them with less time for themselves. The increasing responsibilities on the personal front with the technological blessings like advanced mobile phones, notepads, etc. that keeps work life integrated with personal life also creates stress on personal and professional fronts in this knowledge age

scholarly journals A New Approach to Harness Probiotics Against Common Bacterial Skin Pathogens: Towards Living Antimicrobials

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ghazi Khalfallah ◽  
Rita Gartzen ◽  
Martin Möller ◽  
Elisabeth Heine ◽  
Rudolf Lütticken
Keyword(s):  
Food Poisoning ◽  
Polymer Membranes ◽  
Vacuum Drying ◽  
Streptococcus Salivarius ◽  
Skin Disorders ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Gram Negative ◽  
Cutibacterium Acnes ◽  
Diseased Skin ◽  
Plaster Bandage

AbstractIn this study, the potential of certain lactic acid bacteria—classified as probiotics and known to be antimicrobially active against pathogens or food-poisoning microorganisms—was evaluated with respect to their activity against bacterial skin pathogens. The aim of the study was to develop a plaster/bandage for the application of inhibitory substances produced by these probiotics when applied to diseased skin. For this purpose, two Streptococcus salivarius strains and one Lactobacillus plantarum were tested for production of antimicrobials (bacteriocin-like substances) active against Gram-positive and Gram-negative pathogens using established methods. A newly designed membrane test ensured that the probiotics produce antimicrobials diffusible through membranes. Target organisms used were Cutibacterium acnes, Staphylococcus aureus, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Moreover, the L. plantarum 8P-A3 strain was tested against additional bacteria involved in skin disorders. The Lactobacillales used were active against all potential skin pathogens tested. These probiotics could be enclosed between polymer membranes—one tight, the other permeable for their products, preserved by vacuum drying, and reactivated after at least three months storage. Importantly, the reactivated pads containing the probiotics demonstrated antibacterial activity on agar plates against all pathogens tested. This suggests that the probiotic containing pads may be topically applied for the treatment of skin disorders without the need for a regular antibiotic treatment or as an adjunctive therapy.

Mistakes and Complications in Conservative Treatmen of Congenital Hip Dislocation in Children

2003 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 28-33
Author(s):  
O A Malakhov ◽  
I V Levanova ◽  
S E Kralina ◽  
V D Sharpar' ◽  
O A Malakhov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Femoral Head ◽  
Retrospective Analysis ◽  
Hip Joint ◽  
Closed Reduction ◽  
Hip Dislocation ◽  
Congenital Hip Dislocation ◽  
Hip Reduction ◽  
Plaster Bandage ◽  
And Behavior

Retrospective analysis of treatment of 183 patients, aged 1 month-18 months, with congenital hip dislocation was performed. 146 patients had failed hip reduction. It was detected that in 134 cases (91.8%) inadequate treatment and/or wrong management and behavior of parents took place. Failed treatment with Frejka pillow, abductive splint, Pavlic device, functional plaster bandage, closed reduction were considered. Main mistakes in application of those methods as well as violation of treatment tactics were described. It was shown that repeated failed femoral head reductions were unfavorable factors for the following development of hip joint.

ANTONIUS MATHIJSEN, THE DISCOVERER OF THE PLASTER BANDAGE

1948 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 1018-1019 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Van Assen ◽  
Henry W. Meyerding
Keyword(s):  
Plaster Bandage
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