Title :
A remote drip infusion monitoring system employing Bluetooth
Author :
Amano, Hideharu ; Ogawa, Hiroyo ; Maki, H. ; Tsukamoto, Sanroku ; Yonezawa, Yoshiyuki ; Caldwell, W.M.
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Inf. Syst. & Sci., Hiroshima Inst. of Technol., Hiroshima, Japan
fDate :
Aug. 28 2012-Sept. 1 2012
Abstract :
We have developed a remote drip infusion monitoring system for use in hospitals. The system consists of several infusion monitoring devices and a central monitor. The infusion monitoring device employing a Bluetooth module can detect the drip infusion rate and an empty infusion solution bag, and then these data are sent to the central monitor placed at the nurses´ station via the Bluetooth. The central monitor receives the data from several infusion monitoring devices and then displays graphically them. Therefore, the developed system can monitor intensively the drip infusion situation of the several patients at the nurses´ station.
Keywords :
Bluetooth; computerised monitoring; hospitals; medical computing; patient monitoring; patient treatment; telemedicine; Bluetooth module; central monitoring; empty infusion solution bag; graphical display; hospitals; nurse station; remote drip infusion monitoring device system; Band pass filters; Biomedical monitoring; Bluetooth; Data communication; Low pass filters; Microcomputers; Monitoring; Computer Communication Networks; Equipment Design; Equipment Failure Analysis; Infusions, Intravenous; Monitoring, Physiologic; Nursing Stations; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; Telemedicine; Telemetry;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2012 Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4119-8
Electronic_ISBN :
1557-170X
DOI :
10.1109/EMBC.2012.6346356
