Title :
A ventilator workstation for simultaneous recording of lung function indices and airway signals
Author :
Stegmaier, P.A. ; Zollinger, A.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Robotics, Eidgenossische Tech. Hochschule, Zurich, Switzerland
Abstract :
Presents a ventilator workstation capable of simultaneously recording real-time airway sensor signals as well-as many breath-by-breath lung function indices. The compact ventilator workstation is easily transportable and requires only a minimal amount of space and installation time. This is an important prerequisite for its use in clinical bedside investigations. The correct function of this sophisticated device has been demonstrated in 8 surgical patients in the operating theatre
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; medical computing; orthotics; pneumodynamics; workstations; breath-by-breath lung function indices; clinical bedside investigations; medical instrumentation; operating theatre; real-time airway sensor signals; simultaneous recording; surgical patients; ventilator workstation; Analog computers; Data analysis; Frequency; Lungs; Mechanical sensors; Robot sensing systems; Sampling methods; Sensor systems; Ventilation; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1995., IEEE 17th Annual Conference
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2475-7
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1995.575335
