A True to Life Simulation of Electrosurgery

Author

Shambroom, John R.

Author_Institution

Aspect Med. Syst., Inc., Boston, MA

fYear

2006

fDate

Aug. 30 2006-Sept. 3 2006

Firstpage

5105

Lastpage

5108

Abstract

A laboratory simulation has been devised for use in developing and testing physiologic monitoring systems´ performance in the presence of electrosurgical interference. This facilitated the development through iterative optimization of an EEG based parameter whose performance is improved during electrosurgery. The system was found to have an improvement of 94% in response to electrosurgery interference in the laboratory simulation. It was found to be improved 78% from all interference sources when tested clinically during actual surgery. This demonstrates the efficacy of the simulation

Keywords

bioelectric phenomena; biomedical equipment; electroencephalography; interference; iterative methods; life testing; optimisation; surgery; EEG; electrosurgery; electrosurgical interference; iterative optimization; laboratory simulation; life simulation; physiologic monitoring systems performance; Brain modeling; Electrocardiography; Electrodes; Electroencephalography; Frequency; Interference; Monitoring; Surgery; System testing; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2006. EMBS '06. 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

New York, NY

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0032-5

Electronic_ISBN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2006.259527

Filename

4462952