Title :
Caprine model for evaluation of pulmonary artery catheters
Author :
Dubin, Stephen ; Shi, Wen-Yao ; Dejneka, Kathy ; Victor, Mary ; Freeman, Wendy
Author_Institution :
Biomed. Eng. & Sci. Inst., Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA, USA
Abstract :
Pulmonary artery catheterization is an indispensable procedure in human clinical monitoring and the rapid evolution of instrumentation for this procedure impels the development of methods for evaluation of catheters and associated equipment. These methods should be anatomically and physiologically realistic; and, preferably minimally intrusive to the non-human animal subjects. With appropriate equipment and careful technique, the goat (Capra hircus) serves very well for long-term evaluation of pulmonary artery catheters and monitors
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; lung; patient monitoring; Capra hircus; anatomically realistic methods; caprine model; goat; human clinical monitoring; medical instrumentation; minimally intrusive methods; nonhuman animal subjects; physiologically realistic methods; pulmonary artery catheters evaluation; Animals; Arteries; Biomedical monitoring; Catheterization; Catheters; Frequency estimation; Humans; Instruments; Safety; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Bioengineering Conference, 1994., Proceedings of the 1994 20th Annual Northeast
Conference_Location :
Springfield, MA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1930-3
DOI :
10.1109/NEBC.1994.305191
