Design and applicability of a mechanical impedance sensor for vein penetration detection
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Author(s)
Grown-Haeberli, Serena
(Serena C.)
Montague-Alamin, Healey.
Slocum, Alexander H.
Hanumara, Nevan Clancy.
Ramirez, Aaron Eduardo.
Connor, Jay.
Hom, Gim Poy.
Pott, Philipp H.
Stewart, Kent K.
Advisor(s)
Alexander Slocum.
Date Issued
2020
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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.
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Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, September, May, 2020
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.
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Mechanical Engineering.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
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