Method of monitoring the amount of administered medicine for using infusion pumps safely

Authors: Barysheva E.Yu., Nikolaenko A.O., Kudashov I.A.
Published in issue: #5(10)/2017
DOI: 10.18698/2541-8009-2017-5-92
Category: Medical sciences | Chapter: Medical equipment and devices
Keywords: drip chamber, digital signal processing unit, audible error indication system, infusomat, vibration recording method, infusion therapy, vibration sensor
Published: 26.04.2017

We developed a prototype (laboratory mock-up) of a hardware and software solution for counting the drops falling in a drip chamber by means of recording vibrations caused by each drop. The solution proposed makes it possible to accurately estimate the infusion therapy mode and ensure the required patient safety level during therapy by remotely notifying nursing staff about failures in the preset infusion mode.

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