Wireless application in intravenous infiltration detection system

Author

Alley, Matthew S. ; Naramore, William J. ; Chou, Nee-Yin ; Winchester, Leonard W.

Author_Institution

CW Optics, Inc., Yorktown, VA 23696 USA

fYear

2008

fDate

20-25 Aug. 2008

Firstpage

977

Lastpage

980

Abstract

The IrDA wireless protocol has been applied to a fiber optics based point-of-care system for the detection of intravenous infiltration. The system is used for monitoring patients under infusion therapy. It is optimized for portability by incorporating a battery source and wireless communication. The IrDA protocol provides secure data communication between the electronic module of the system and the PDAs carried by the nurses. The PDA is used for initiating the actions of the electronic module and for data transfer. Security is provided by specially designed software and hardware.

Keywords

Batteries; Communication system security; Data communication; Data security; Medical treatment; Optical fibers; Patient monitoring; Personal digital assistants; Wireless application protocol; Wireless communication; Catheters, Indwelling; Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; Equipment Design; Equipment Failure; Equipment Failure Analysis; Extravasation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Materials; Infusions, Intravenous; Point-of-Care Systems; Telemetry; Transducers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2008. EMBS 2008. 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1814-5

Electronic_ISBN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2008.4649318

Filename

4649318