Dual Syringe Smart Infusion Pump With Real Time Health Monitoring

As a densely populated country and with a weak and insufficient healthcare infrastructure, Pakistan is very vulnerable to medical emergencies. Therefore, in order to properly deal with such health emergencies, there is an urgent need of affordable and quality healthcare services to help, support and

Project Title

Dual Syringe Smart Infusion Pump With Real Time Health Monitoring

Project Area of Specialization

Electrical/Electronic Engineering

Project Summary

As a densely populated country and with a weak and insufficient healthcare infrastructure, Pakistan is very vulnerable to medical emergencies. Therefore, in order to properly deal with such health emergencies, there is an urgent need of affordable and quality healthcare services to help, support and accommodate the demand of general public of different socio-economic classes. Intravenous (IV) treatment is a common and effective strategy used in hospitals and medical facilities to deliver fluids or medications through an IV route into a patient vein/vessels. This IV can be used to either provide hydration and nutrition or to transfuse blood and/or administer medicines in the patient body.

Conventionally, a drip which contains plastic bag or a bottle is used for Intravenous Infusion. In this kind of system, however, the flow rate doesn’t remain constant and varies with the fluid volume and the hose’s pressure. Continuously monitoring and then adjusting the drip feed may keep the infusion rate constant. However, Manual adjustments require someone constantly on site to keep the infusion flow rate constant and to prevent situations of over- and under infusion. In some cases such as Electrolyte Imbalance, a very precise infusion of nutrients and/or medicine is required at regular intervals which cannot be achieved by conventional method. Hence, there is a dire need of an automated system that can precisely infuse the fluids at constant rates and regular intervals. In most of the well-equipped and standard hospitals, Infusion pumps are used to provide controlled infusion of several medicines at programmable rates. However, their cost is a biggest hurdle of their deployment in backward areas like Khairpur, Sindh, Pakistan. An infusion pump is a device that delivers fluids, nutrients or medication into a patient’s circulatory system at a precisely controlled rate.

After comprehensive survey & equipment analysis of hospitals in the vicinity of Khairpur, we propose a cost-effective, programmable - infusion control system, embedded with additional functions which allows to monitor patients’ basic health profile. These functionalities includes monitoring of pulse rate and temperature. This infusion system as compared to other devices available in the market tend to monitor patients’ status & infuses the medicine. The Proposed electronic infusion pump will be equipped with enhanced safety features which are not available in the current devices such as user-alerts which will be activated for safety limits of patients in case the patients' health does not stabilizes after the medication.

Project Objectives

In this final year project, we attempt to develop an automatic, efficient, and programmable infusion pump to precisely control the infusion rates. In addition, we would also like to monitor the impact infusion by monitoring basic health vitals (i.e., Pulse rate and temperature). 

The specific objectives of this project are:                                                                       

1. To develop a working prototype of smart infusion pump.
2.  Design a user-friendly interface for infusion control and monitoring.
3. On the basis of on patient’s monitoring, infusion rates can be controlled.
4. In case of critical or severe condition, generation of an alarming situation for the doctor.

Project Implementation Method

In order to achieve the above mentioned objectives, the project implementation is divided into two main sections.

1. Hardware section

The hardware section of this project involves the design and development of dual infusion syringe pump. It uses the principles of electronics, mechanics and fluid mechanics to drive a syringe-based infusion pump, which delivers the prescribed amount of medicine in required time to the patient. Overall, the hardware of this project consist of Input System which takes inputs of infusion rates and volume through keypad or touch LCD, Processing System which process the inputs and generates desired control signals and a Syringe Action which determines the speed and direction of syringe pump through the force generated by the movement of stepper motor. In addition, it also has a status monitoring segment, where the status of syringe action and basic health profile of patient is monitored through set of sensors and displayed on the LCD. In this project, Arduino is used as central computing device, which controls the syringe-action and infusion flow rate by precisely controlling the speed and direction of stepper motor.

1. Software section

The software module of this project includes the design and development of a user interface for interactive control and monitoring of the entire system, implementation of syringe-action control using Arduino and finally data acquisition and analysis through sensors. Apart from this, the 3D models of overall casing of entire project, motor holders, syringe channels and pusher blocks will be designed SOLIDWORKS.

Benefits of the Project

Infusion pumps offer significant advantages over manual administration of fluids, including the ability to deliver fluids in very small volumes, and the ability to deliver fluids at precisely programmed rates or automated intervals. As the very high cost is the major hurdle in practical realization of this device in hospitals, home healthcare and laboratories of rural areas of Sindh. This project attempts to address these issues by developing low-cost smart infusion pump having dual-syringe channel. Also, this device can also be used in the Chemistry Laboratory for performing experiments of i.e., mixing two chemicals at fixed rates and for fixed duration of time. 

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

The final deliverable will be cost-effective, programmable - smart infusion control system, embedded with additional functions which allows to monitor patients’ basic health profile. The designed device will have two syringe channels and can be used at for infusion and extrusion control. It will be portable device which can be operated on a 12-volt battery and directly from the power socket. Following are the some key features of this device.

1. Flow rate programmable range at least from 0.1 to 200 ml/hr and in steps oi 0.1 ml/hr.

2. Saves last infusion rate even when the AC power is switched off.  

3. Self-check carried out on powering on.

4. Comprehensive alarm system.

5. LCD and Keypad based user interface.

Final Deliverable of the Project

Hardware System

Core Industry

Health

Other Industries

Education

Core Technology

Internet of Things (IoT)

Other Technologies

3D/4D Printing, Wearables and Implantables

Sustainable Development Goals

Good Health and Well-Being for People, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Required Resources

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