Abstract
Intravenous (IV) infusion therapy allows the infusion fluid to be inserted directly into the patient’s vein. It is used to place medications directly into the bloodstream or for blood transfusions. The probability that a hospitalized patient will receive some kind of infusion therapy, intravenously, is 60–80%. The paper presents a smart IV infusion dosing system for detection, signaling, and monitoring of liquid in an IV bottle at a remote location. It consists of (i) the sensing and computation layer—a system for detection and signaling of fluid levels in the IV bottle and a system for regulation and closing of infusion flow, (ii) the communication layer—a wireless exchange of information between the hardware part of the system and the client, and (iii) the user layer—monitoring and visualization of IV therapy reception at a remote location in real time. All layers are modular, allowing upgrades of the entire system. The proposed system alerts medical staff to continuous and timely changes of IV bottles, which can have positive effects on increasing the success of IV therapy, especially in oncology patients. The prescribed drip time of IV chemotherapy for the full effect of cytostatics should be imperative.
Highlights
Intravenous (IV) infusion therapy is a traditional medical procedure that is applied in all branches of medicine and involves the insertion of fluid directly into a patient’s vein using a needle/cannula
It should be noted that the price of this sensor together with the holder is below 5 EUR
The use of two capacitive sensors allows for the detection of MAX and MIN liquid levels in a plastic IV bottle but provides no data on the amount of liquid between these two sensors
Summary
Intravenous (IV) infusion therapy is a traditional medical procedure that is applied in all branches of medicine and involves the insertion of fluid directly into a patient’s vein using a needle/cannula. After several cycles of IV chemotherapy, at some point, there is no longer a vein on the patient’s hands that can withstand daily cytostatic therapy, which is a nightmare and a serious psychological problem for almost all oncology patients. We propose a modern IV infusion dosing system that will be able to detect and signal the liquid level in the IV bottle, as well as to monitor and display the current state of IV infusion at a remote location such as the nurse room This would significantly improve the traditional approach to IV therapy and greatly help both patients and medical staff, which is a real challenge for us. The final, seventh section contains the conclusion and directions of section research
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