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VA/DOD 2026 Pressure Injury Guideline Recommends SEM Measurement to Find Damage Days Before It Shows

September 24, 2026

Pressure injuries cost VA facilities up to $3.6 billion a year. In one study the guideline reviewed, patients assessed with SEM had 93% fewer pressure injuries. LOS ANGELES, September 24, 2026 -- The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense (DOD) have published their clinical practice guideline for pressure injuries, and it…

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SEM Scanning Elevated to Recommended Pressure Injury Prevention Technology in Global Guideline

August 13, 2026

SEM Scanning Crosses the Global Guideline Threshold: Elevated to Recommended Pressure Injury Prevention Technology The world’s leading pressure injury Clinical Practice Guideline moves objective focal edema measurement from emerging technology to recommended practice, citing a “window of opportunity for enhanced prevention” driven by earlier detection, safer patient care, improved equity and lower cost. Every nurse…

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TEDx: What’s Preventing Prevention?

May 28, 2026

Martin Burns Takes to the TEDxUCLA Stage to Sound the Alarm on Preventable Patient Harm. Bruin Biometrics CEO delivered “What’s Preventing Prevention?” at TEDxUCLA highlighting the fact that pressure injuries begin before they become visible; clinicians need objective information while prevention is still possible. On 26 May 2026, Bruin Biometrics CEO Martin Burns joined the…

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Bruin Biometrics Featured in LA Business Journal

April 28, 2026

Scanning for a $27 Billion Issue The Los Angeles Business Journal has featured Bruin Biometrics in a compelling piece on one of healthcare's most costly and underaddressed challenges: pressure injuries. The article explores the staggering scale of the problem, with pressure injuries costing the US healthcare system up to $27 billion annually and affecting an…

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From Reactive to Predictive: Rethinking Pressure Injury Prevention

March 30, 2026

In a compelling conversation, Solomon Wilcots interviews Martin Burns, CEO of Bruin Biometrics, about the urgent need to transform how healthcare approaches pressure injury prevention.  Pressure injuries affect millions of patients annually and remain one of the most costly and preventable harms in healthcare. Yet for decades, prevention has relied heavily on visual skin assessments,…

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Bruin Biometrics Honored Among UCLA’s Top 25 Inventions of the 21st Century

February 26, 2026

We are proud to share that the Provizio SEM Scanner has been recognised by UCLA as one of the Top 25 Bruinventions of the 21st Century, featured in the Fall 2025 issue of UCLA Magazine. Coming in at number 10 on the list, the Provizio SEM Scanner is highlighted for its ability to detect early-stage…

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“Scanner Detects Pressure Injuries Before Visual Symptoms” with Martin Burns of Bruin Biometrics, on the Empowered Patient Podcast with Karen Jagoda

January 7, 2026

Listen to Martin Burns, CEO of Bruin Biometrics discuss how surprisingly common pressure injuries are and how the Provizio® SEM Scanner is helping healthcare professionals reduce the incidence and severity of these painful and distressing wounds. The discussion covers: How surprisingly common pressure injuries are, and how these injuries are not talked about in the…

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Preventing Pressure Injuries: Detecting the Invisible Signs with Martin Burns & Dr. Moira Gunn

December 16, 2025

Listen to Martin’s discussion with Dr Moira Gunn on the impact of pressure injuries and the impact the Provizio® SEM Scanner is having in eliminating preventable pressure injuries. Learn about: The shift in understanding of the contemporary etiology of pressure injury development How Bruin Biometrics identified a key biomarker that can now be measured and…