Title :
Development of a low-cost device to detect blood backflow in catheters
Author :
Satapathy, Saroj ; Champaty, Biswajeet ; Pal, K. ; Ray, Sanchita Saha ; Tibarewala, D.N.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biotechnol. & Med. Eng., NIT-Rourkela, Rourkela, India
Abstract :
The current study deals with the development of a blood backflow detector which can generate an alarm in the nursing station so that the health caregivers can attend the patient in the shortest possible time.
Keywords :
alarm systems; blood flow measurement; catheters; flow sensors; health care; medical signal processing; patient care; blood backflow detection; blood backflow detector; catheters; health caregivers; low-cost device development; nursing station; Blood; Catheters; Couplings; Google; Light emitting diodes; Patents; Wireless communication; Blood Back flow; Decoder; Encoder; LabVIEW; saline/ IV medication;
Conference_Titel :
India Conference (INDICON), 2013 Annual IEEE
Conference_Location :
Mumbai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2274-1
DOI :
10.1109/INDCON.2013.6725864
