Real Time Health Monitoring System with Infusion Control

Increased population of Pakistan imposes numerous challenges on health & care sector, i.e. extended patient monitoring & medication, reduced doctor to patient ratio & continuous attention of staff which not only pressurize the doctors but also effects the health system. Lack of human res

Project Title

Real Time Health Monitoring System with Infusion Control

Project Area of Specialization

Electrical/Electronic Engineering

Project Summary

Increased population of Pakistan imposes numerous challenges on health & care sector, i.e. extended patient monitoring & medication, reduced doctor to patient ratio & continuous attention of staff which not only pressurize the doctors but also effects the health system. Lack of human resources in hospitals results in a stressful workload for existing staff which may lead towards less accurate patient monitoring & medication. In patient monitoring & medication, some of the tasks are repetitive in nature, i.e. to measure, record & display patients’ health parameters and infusion control.

An automated systems that can perform these tasks can reduce the workload of the medical staff to a great extent. There are several techniques to cure diseases but some medicines needs to be injected as IV infusion. The injection of medicines into bloodstream through veins is known as intravenous infusion (IV) which is the integral part of health care sector. There are two methods of IV infusion that are conventional drip & controlled infusion methods. Normally, conventional methods are used, however some diseases, i.e. electrolyte imbalance require controlled infusion of medicine because irregularities in infusion rates may result in ill-treatment of patients. In every standard hospital, programmable 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 Sukkur, Sindh Pakistan.

This controlled infusion is intermittent infusion, which is needed if a patient is receiving a continuous medication. For cases that require programmed medicine infusion pumps are made which provides constant flow rates as per need. Controlled infusion & continuous monitoring of patient parameters are now common features for the care of critical patients. It must be noted that some of the already available infusion control system such as Chemix systems, BD system etc. does not have these features and are very expensive.

After comprehensive survey & equipment analysis of hospitals in the vicinity of Sukkur 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 BP, temperature & heartbeat. This infusion system as compared to other devices available in the market tend to monitor patients’ status & infuses the medicine. 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

The project will focus on to achieve the following objectives:

1. An automated infusion control system for public-private hospitals at a reduced cost in Sukkur district.
2. Acquire real time data for medical staff to provide a user friendly interface for continuous monitoring of patients.
3. In case of critical or sever conditions, generation of an alarming situation for the doctor also.

Project Implementation Method

In order to implement the above objectives, the project is divided into two main sections.

1. Hardware section
2. Software section

The software part of this project involves designing a smart GUI for patient health monitoring & decision making while the hardware part involves two things, i.e. Sensors – connected to the software acquiring data & infusion pump for medication which is designed in modern French 3D designing software SOLIDWORKS.

Apart from this, other parts includes motor cases having various holders & etc.

Benefits of the Project

The main application of this project is in hospitals, home healthcare & laboratories in order to provide medical staff & patients with added features a systems which can automatically monitor the patients’ health & based on the health parameters can decide when to infuse the medicine through infusion control pump to the patient.

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

The project is proposed to achieve the following deliverables:

1. Designing of a software for monitoring patient’s health,
2. A hardware & software embedded product which can work as an infusion control for patients.

Final Deliverable of the Project

HW/SW integrated system

Core Industry

Medical

Other Industries

Core Technology

Others

Other Technologies

3D/4D Printing

Sustainable Development Goals

Good Health and Well-Being for People, Affordable and Clean Energy, Reduced Inequality

Required Resources

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