Title :
Device for indexing peripheral neuropathy
Author :
Jacobson, M. ; Ameri, K.A. ; Al Braiki, Awatif
Author_Institution :
Higher Coll. of Technol., Electr. & Electron. Eng., Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Abstract :
A prototype device for improved assessment of clinical diabetic neuropathy was designed, developed, and pilot tested by students of the Design of Medical Devices II course, which is part of the biomedical engineering program of the Higher Colleges of Technology in the United Arab Emirates. Specifically, students identified a specific clinical problem faced by healthcare staff in the screening of diabetes mellitus complications and researched possible solutions in consideration of patient care, ease of use, and assessment effectiveness. In response, students designed and pilot tested PAD, Peripheral nerve Assessment Device, which is a prototype that meets the design criteria of the healthcare staff through digital indexing of sensory nerve perception.
Keywords :
biomedical education; biomedical equipment; diseases; health care; neurophysiology; patient care; student experiments; biomedical engineering program; clinical diabetic neuropathy; clinical prototype device design; diabetes mellitus complications; healthcare staff; medical device testing; patient care; peripheral nerve assessment device; peripheral neuropathy indexing; sensory nerve perception; student experiments; Biomedical engineering; Data acquisition; Delta modulation; Diabetes; Educational institutions; Prototypes; Clinical Assessment; Diabetes Mellitus; Peripheral Neuropathy;
Conference_Titel :
Biomedical Engineering (MECBME), 2011 1st Middle East Conference on
Conference_Location :
Sharjah
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6998-7
DOI :
10.1109/MECBME.2011.5752107