Study on the influence of wireless communication technology on sensitive medical equipments

Author

Luca, Catalina ; Andritoi, Doru ; Corciova, Calin ; Ciorap, Radu

Author_Institution

Fac. of Med. Bioeng., Med. & Pharm. Univ. “Grigore T. Popa” Iasi, Iasi, Romania

fYear

2015

fDate

7-9 May 2015

Firstpage

426

Lastpage

431

Abstract

In this paper we studied the influence of electromagnetic wireless communications traffic on sensitive medical equipment used in intensive care units. We have identified the main sources of disruptive electromagnetic field existing in a neonatal intensive care unit and studied the influence of wireless communication systems type GSM and DECT 900 on the main operating parameters set to a neonatal mechanical ventilator. After studies we observed that the important parameters used in assisted mechanical ventilation such as expiratory volume, inspiratory pressure, expiratory pressure, mean pressure and tidal volume suffer significant changes when wireless communication disturbing source is at walking distance of sensitive medical equipment.

Keywords

biomedical equipment; cellular radio; electromagnetic interference; patient care; pneumodynamics; DECT 900; GSM; assisted mechanical ventilation; disruptive electromagnetic field; electromagnetic wireless communication traffic; expiratory pressure; expiratory volume; inspiratory pressure; main operating parameters; mean pressure; neonatal intensive care unit; neonatal mechanical ventilator; sensitive medical equipments; tidal volume; wireless communication disturbing source; wireless communication technology; Biomedical equipment; Electromagnetic fields; GSM; Interference; Pediatrics; Ventilation; mechanical ventilation; senzitive medical equipment; wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Medical Measurements and Applications (MeMeA), 2015 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Turin

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MeMeA.2015.7145241

Filename

7145241