Title :
Microcomputer based system to assess defibrillators
Author :
Endres, Rodrigo N. ; Ojeda, Renato ; Moraes, Raimes
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. Fed. de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil
Abstract :
This work describes a low cost system based on a personal microcomputer to analyze defibrillators. The system consists of three external modules to attenuate, filter and sample the defibrillator pulse. Software measures its delivered energy, peak voltage, peak current and pulse width. Example of measurement performed with the system is presented.
Keywords :
biomedical measurement; computerised instrumentation; defibrillators; medical computing; microcomputer applications; microcomputers; clinical engineering; defibrillator; external modules; instrumentation; maintenance; personal microcomputer; software; Costs; Current measurement; Energy measurement; Filters; Microcomputers; Performance evaluation; Pulse measurements; Software measurement; Space vector pulse width modulation; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2003. Proceedings of the 25th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7789-3
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2003.1280944
