Portable electronic peak flowmeter for improved diagnosis of chest diseases in COPD patients

Author

Van Putten, Anton F P ; Hitchings, Dave J. ; Quanjer, Philip H.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Polytech., Eindhoven, Netherlands

fYear

1993

fDate

18-20 May 1993

Firstpage

27

Lastpage

32

Abstract

The authors introduce a viable design for a complete portable electronic peak flowmeter system that can fulfill all requirements for clinical self-management purposes of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients, such as for asthma and cara patients. The system requirements are described and it has been revealed that the sensor is the most critical component. A thermal silicon anemometer was investigated. It was shown that this sensor is a viable option for this application. In particular, frequency response of up to 100-Hz bandwidth is a major requirement. Some other applications and future developments are indicated

Keywords

anemometers; biomedical equipment; biomedical measurement; electric sensing devices; elemental semiconductors; flowmeters; patient diagnosis; peak detectors; portable instruments; silicon; 100 Hz; COPD patients; Si; asthma; cara patients; chest diseases; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; clinical self-management; critical component; frequency response; improved diagnosis; portable electronic peak flowmeter; thermal silicon anemometer; Biomedical engineering; Diseases; Fluid flow measurement; Frequency measurement; Instruments; Lungs; Medical diagnostic imaging; Patient monitoring; Physiology; Pollution measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 1993. IMTC/93. Conference Record., IEEE

Conference_Location

Irvine, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1229-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMTC.1993.382687

Filename

382687