Force sensing syringe to analyze needle path forces during intramuscular injection

Author

Rideout, Tyler M. ; LaCourse, John R. ; McWilliam, Paula L. ; Evans, Elizabeth J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

1-3 April 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Intramuscular injections are a common medical procedure performed countless times on a daily basis; however the actual procedure of giving an injection is rather complicated and can be intimidating to nursing students new to the medical profession. The instrumented syringe discussed in this paper was conceived as a tool to help train individuals in proper injection procedure and technique. Utilizing force data collected from a sensor instrumented syringe, it is possible to plot and compare various data sets from different users thus providing valuable information and feedback on performance. The data acquisition hardware and software and GUI was designed, created, and implemented with the assumption that individuals using it were novices with technical background.

Keywords

biomedical equipment; biomedical measurement; data acquisition; force sensors; graphical user interfaces; medical computing; GUI; data acquisition hardware; data acquisition software; force data; force sensing syringe; intramuscular injection; needle path forces; Acceleration; Accelerometers; Fluids; Force; Graphical user interfaces; Medical services; Needles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bioengineering Conference (NEBEC), 2011 IEEE 37th Annual Northeast

Conference_Location

Troy, NY

ISSN

2160-7001

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-827-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NEBC.2011.5778624

Filename

5778624