Fast prototyping of an interface between new bedside device and computerized fetal monitoring system

Author

Jezewski, Janusz ; Horoba, Krzysztof ; Wrobel, Janusz ; Matonia, Adam ; Kupka, Tomasz

Author_Institution

Inst. of Med. Technol. & Equip., Zabrze, Poland

Volume

3

fYear

2002

fDate

23-26 Oct. 2002

Firstpage

1801

Abstract

Noninvasive measurement of oxygen saturation of fetal blood is a valuable supplement to conventional intrapartum cardiotocography in the area of fetal distress diagnostics. This work focuses on the technical problems that were overcome in incorporation of the new pulse oximetry feature into computerized fetal monitoring system. The prototype system is based on battery-powered notebook computer and its software was developed in LabView graphic applications environment. It made possible the investigation of the pulse oximeter ability to cooperate with various types of fetal monitors and the implementation of validation procedure for measurements.

Keywords

biomedical equipment; computerised monitoring; medical computing; obstetrics; oximetry; patient monitoring; LabView graphic applications environment; O₂; battery-powered notebook computer; bedside device; computerized fetal monitoring system; fast prototyping; fetal blood; measurements validation procedure; noninvasive measurement; oxygen saturation; technical problems; Application software; Blood; Cardiography; Computer graphics; Computer interfaces; Computerized monitoring; Noninvasive treatment; Prototypes; Pulse measurements; Software prototyping;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 2002. 24th Annual Conference and the Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society EMBS/BMES Conference, 2002. Proceedings of the Second Joint

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7612-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2002.1053032

Filename

1053032