Project Overview

Adhesives for silicone facial and body prosthetics often fail due to sweat, skin oils, movement, they deteriorate the prosthesis due to their solvent system or they are troublesome due to the need for perfect placement of the prosthesis on the first try. A 2-component fast cure(1-2 min) tacky gel that elongates with skin movement beneath the nasal/facial prosthesis is desired. Or, a one component air cure system would be even better. The ideal material would not run, would be light weight, perhaps even aerated so it would be compressible. As the prosthesis was positioned the skin contact areas would compress to a thin film of adhesive and non-contact areas or voids would remain foam-filled-like. Ideally the material would set to the extent that it would ultimately adhere preferentially to itself and peel as a mass from the skin and prosthesis. In my view such a product would benefit prosthetics and wound care.

Files

• Mid-semester Presentation (October 18, 2007)
• Project Design Specifications (October 23, 2007)
• Mid-semester Paper (October 24, 2007)
• Final Paper (December 12, 2007)
• Poster Presentation (December 15, 2007)

Contact Information

Team Members

• Lindsey Carlson - Co-Team Leader
• Nicole Daehn - Co-Team Leader
• Matt Kudek - Communicator
• Paul Schildgen - BSAC
• Chris Walker - BWIG

Advisor and Client

• Dr. Willis Tompkins - Advisor
• Mr. Greg Gion - Client