Portable, retractable X-ray shielding for high traffic ward environments

适用于人流量大的病房环境的便携式、可伸缩 X 射线屏蔽

• 批准号: 10033008
• 金额: $ 34.8万
• 依托单位: KORN WALL LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10033008
• 关键词: Portable; retractable; ray; shielding; traffic

KwickScreen believes that every nurse and every patient has the right to be confident in their safety in a hospital. We want patients to feel confident that they are entering a hygienic, safe space where their welfare is the top priority. We want nurses to have equipment that can make their lives easier so they can focus on patients.KwickScreen is a world-leading supplier of protective screen-based solutions to create a safer space for each patient. KwickScreen currently offers a switchable-opacity smartscreen, mobile units (Pro/Duo), wall-mounted units with high degrees of flexibility (Air) and versatility (Kin), and a static fire-retardant polycarbonate shield. Over 12 years, KwickScreen has sold \>15,000 units; KwickScreen's current customers include every NHS trust in the UK, 200 US hospitals and an ever-growing number of hospitals in 40 other countries (representing \>500 hospitals total). During 2020, KwickScreen proved its ability to respond quickly to the demands of COVID and of its customers. KwickScreen vastly increased its production capacity and tripled its revenue from £2.1m to £7.5m, introducing three new products and building world-leading expertise in low-temperature printing on thin films. KwickScreen has reinvested profits into the company to ensure competitiveness and has just doubled its manufacturing space by moving to a new, larger factory Lewisham.KwickScreen already has infection control screens in radiology departments in numerous NHS trusts, including UCLH, Alder Hey, and Dartford&Gravesham. Supplementing the infection control screens are mobile lead X-ray shields. Current solutions are robust but rigid, which means they cannot easily be stored when not in use. These departments indicate strong interest in retractable, mobile X-ray shields that can quickly and easily be deployed in high traffic ward environments and operating theaters.KwickScreen will develop an innovative, retractable/rollable X-ray shielding screen for use in busy ward environments, where X-rays must be taken quickly. Patients cannot be moved efficiently to X-ray rooms, so portable X-ray machines are used. Patients must be shielded from the X-rays, so moveable partition screens are used. Existing screens are unwieldy but highly robust. KwickScreen aims to replicate the robustness of these screens while making them retractable and more portable.Retractable/rollable X-ray shielding screens offer substantial long-term benefits to both nurses and patients. The proposed solution will improve the ability of doctors and nurses to treat patients (by more quickly taking X-ray images) in busy ward environments. Patients will benefit from speedier triage, without having to be moved as frequently.

KwickScreen 相信每位护士和每位患者都有权对自己在医院的安全充满信心，我们希望患者相信他们正在进入一个卫生、安全的空间，他们的福利是重中之重。我们希望护士拥有设备。 KwickScreen 是世界领先的基于防护屏幕的解决方案供应商，致力于为每位患者创造更安全的空间。KwickScreen 目前提供可切换不透明度的智能屏幕移动设备。 (Pro/Duo)、具有高度灵活性 (Air) 和多功能性 (Kin) 的壁挂式设备以及静态阻燃聚碳酸酯防护罩 12 年来，KwickScreen 已售出超过 15,000 台设备，其中包括所有客户。 NHS 信任英国、200 家美国医院以及 40 个其他国家不断增长的医院数量（代表着超过 500 家医院） 2020 年，KwickScreen 证明了其快速响应新冠疫情及其客户需求的能力，其生产能力大幅提高，收入从 210 万英镑增加了两倍，达到 750 万英镑，推出了三款新产品，并打造了世界级的产品。 KwickScreen 在薄膜低温印刷方面拥有领先的专业知识，已将利润重新投资到公司以确保竞争力，并通过搬迁至更大的新工厂将其制造空间扩大了一倍。 Lewisham.KwickScreen 已经在许多 NHS 信托机构的放射科配备了感染控制屏幕，包括 UCLH、Alder Hey 和 Dartford&Gravesham。目前的解决方案是移动铅 X 射线防护屏的补充，这意味着它们无法轻易实现。这些部门对可伸缩的移动式 X 射线防护罩表现出了浓厚的兴趣，这种防护罩可以快速、轻松地部署在人流量大的病房环境和手术室中。将开发一种创新的可伸缩/可卷曲的 X 射线屏蔽屏，用于繁忙的病房环境，在这种环境中，必须将患者快速转移到 X 射线室，因此需要使用便携式 X 射线机。必须屏蔽 X 射线，因此使用现有的可移动隔断屏幕，虽然笨重，但非常坚固。KwickScreen 旨在复制这些屏幕的坚固性，同时使它们可伸缩且更便携。 X 射线屏蔽屏幕为护士和患者带来了巨大的长期利益，所提出的解决方案将提高医生和护士在繁忙的病房环境中治疗患者的能力（通过更快地拍摄 X 射线图像）。更快的分类，而不必频繁移动。