
2.5 million people suffer from pressure injuries each year in the U.S. alone. 60,000 deaths from bed-sores. Despite the adoption of stringent turning protocols, advanced support surfaces and the best efforts of caregivers, HAPU/I's remain a significant and costly safety problem. Without a new intervention that provides caregivers with both visual and evaluative feedback on the presence of pressure and the effectiveness of their actions to offload pressure, HAPU/I's will continue to negatively impact patient quality of life and create a substantial financial burden for the patient, family and healthcare system. This unacceptable condition has instigated the establishment of WellSense and its revolutionary smart fabric and monitor device. An Independent Meta-analysis, performed by researchers at Johns Hopkins, found that Wellsense technology provides a statistically significant reduction of 88% in the risk of developing pressure injuries