| dc.contributor.author | Grown-Haeberli, Serena
(Serena C.) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Montague-Alamin, Healey. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Slocum, Alexander H. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Hanumara, Nevan Clancy. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Ramirez, Aaron Eduardo. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Connor, Jay. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Hom, Gim Poy. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Pott, Philipp H. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Stewart, Kent K. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.other | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering. | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-10-15T15:23:28Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-10-15T15:23:28Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2020 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2020 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/132979 | |
| dc.description | Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, September, May, 2020 | en_US |
| dc.description | Cataloged from the official PDF of thesis. Thesis also published in: Serena Grown-Haeberli, Healey Montague-Alamin, Alexander Slocum, Nevan Hanumara, Aaron Ramirez, Jay Connor, Gim Hom, Peter Pott and Kent Stewart. "Design and Applicability of a Mechanical Impedance Sensor for Vein Penetration Detection." 2020 42nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC), 2020, pages 4016-4019, doi: 10.1109/EMBC44109.2020.9175501. | en_US |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Intravenous needle insertion is typically conducted manually, with needles guided into vessels by feel while looking for a brief flash of blood. This process is imprecise and leads to mispositioned needles, multiple reinsertion attempts, increased procedure time and higher costs for the hospital. We present a method for indicating that the needle has reached the vein by measuring the change in mechanical impedance of the needle as it passes through different tissue layers. Testing in a phantom indicated that this has the potential to identify transitions through tissue boundaries. | en_US |
| dc.description.statementofresponsibility | by Serena Grown-Haeberli. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 1, 4 unnumbered pages | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | en_US |
| dc.rights | MIT theses may be protected by copyright. Please reuse MIT thesis content according to the MIT Libraries Permissions Policy, which is available through the URL provided. | en_US |
| dc.rights.uri | http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Mechanical Engineering. | en_US |
| dc.title | Design and applicability of a mechanical impedance sensor for vein penetration detection | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.description.degree | S.B. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering | en_US |
| dc.identifier.oclc | 1263359019 | en_US |
| dc.description.collection | S.B. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering | en_US |
| dspace.imported | 2021-10-15T15:23:28Z | en_US |
| mit.thesis.degree | Bachelor | en_US |
| mit.thesis.department | MechE | en_US |
