Current Proceedings on Technology

Yazarlar: Dogan Ibrahim, Rana R. Saeed

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Anahtar Kelimeler:Drug infusion system,Pump,Microcontroller based design,Automated infusion system

Özet: The Administering drugs to patients by the oral, subcutaneous, and intravenous means is a fundamental requirement for the treatment of many diseases in clinical medicine. Traditionally, drug delivery to critical patients is accomplished by using the well known roller clamp drip delivery system. Here, the drug in liquid form and usually in a plastic bag is attached high in the roller clamp assembly. The amount of drug delivered to the patient per unit time is adjusted by the help of the natural gravity, and by setting the pressure of a clamp attached to the chord of the drip.This paper describes the design, development, and the implementation of a microcontroller based intelligent and automatic drug delivery system, based on the principle of an intravenous infusion pump. A stepper motor ensures accurate and precise delivery of drugs to the patient exactly at the required times. The novelty of the system described in this paper is that it provides remote wireless Bluetooth based communication to the health nurse about the state of the system at any time. Thus, with the designed system the health nurse does not have to carry out frequent visits to patient’s bed side in order to check the state of the drug delivery system.

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