2026-09-20T07:19:33Zhttps://dspace.mit.edu/server/oai/requestoai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/1329792025-10-30T15:50:01Zcom_1721.1_7582com_1721.1_7581col_1721.1_131024
Alexander Slocum.
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.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
2021-10-15T15:23:28Z
2021-10-15T15:23:28Z
2020
2020
https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/132979
1263359019
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.
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.
by Serena Grown-Haeberli.
S.B.
S.B. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering
1, 4 unnumbered pages
eng
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