Design criteria for portable point-of-care breath analysis systems

Author

Zrodnikov, Yuriy ; Zamuruyev, Konstantin ; Pedersen, Joachim D. ; Fung, Alexander G. ; Peirano, Daniel J. ; Schirle, Michael J. ; Panigrahy, Arunima ; Pasamontes, Alberto ; Cheung, William H. K. ; Aksenov, Alexander A. ; Schivo, Michael ; Kenyon, Nicholas

Author_Institution

Mech. & Aerosp. Eng., Univ. of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

16-20 June 2013

Firstpage

1629

Lastpage

1632

Abstract

Mobile health diagnostic systems are currently in development for many clinical applications, with special emphasis on non-invasive or minimally-invasive technologies. One very promising area of research focuses on measuring trace metabolites and other chemicals identified in exhaled breath. There are many potential clinical applications of these systems, and these instruments will have unique engineering demands for system performance. In this paper, we outline the overall requirements we believe need to be overcome for breath testing to enter routine mainstream medical practice in future years.

Keywords

biomedical equipment; patient diagnosis; pneumodynamics; portable instruments; breath testing; mobile health diagnostic systems; portable point-of-care breath analysis system; trace metabolite measurement; Biomarkers; Chemicals; Compounds; Computational modeling; Diseases; Medical diagnostic imaging; Stress; breath analysis; clinical diagnostics; lab-on-chip;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (TRANSDUCERS & EUROSENSORS XXVII), 2013 Transducers & Eurosensors XXVII: The 17th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Barcelona

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/Transducers.2013.6627096

Filename

6627096