The design and construction of infusion pump calibrator

Author

Thongpance, N. ; Pititeeraphab, Y. ; Ophasphanichayakul, M.

Author_Institution

Biomed. Eng. Program, Rangsit Univ., Phathumthani, Thailand

fYear

2012

fDate

5-7 Dec. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to study on the design and construction of infusion pump calibrator. This research has adopted the principle of physics, electronics and microcontroller. The designed and constructed the infusion pump calibrator was composed of three main parts: 1)the control part consisting of micro switches for selected the operating mode, 2) signals detection part composing of load cells, pressure sensor for measuring flow rate and occlusion alarm respectively and 3) the processing and display part comprising of microcontroller AVR ATmega1280 with C Language program and LCD sequentially. The results of functional testing were compared with standard infusion devices analyzer Metron Lagu showed that the average percentage error of flow rate measuring and occlusion pressure tests were 0.45 percent and 0.21 percent successively.

Keywords

C language; bioMEMS; biomedical equipment; calibration; flow measurement; liquid crystal displays; medical signal detection; microcontrollers; microswitches; pressure measurement; pressure sensors; pumps; C Language program; LCD; display part; flow rate measurement; functional testing; infusion pump calibrator construction; infusion pump calibrator design; load cells; microcontroller; microcontroller AVR ATmega1280; microswitches; occlusion alarm; occlusion pressure tests; operating mode; pressure sensor; signal detection; Accuracy; Calibration; Fluid flow measurement; Pressure measurement; Standards; Testing; Volume measurement; calibration; flow rate; occlusion pressure;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Biomedical Engineering International Conference (BMEiCON), 2012

Conference_Location

Ubon Ratchathani

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-4890-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/BMEiCon.2012.6465429

Filename

6465429