Title: An innovative solution for prevention of reverse flow of blood in intravenous set using embedded systems

Authors: S.N. Abhishek; Shriram K. Vasudevan; Ikram Shah

Addresses: Cognitive Technology and Innovation Centre, [24]7.ai, Bengaluru, India ' Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, India ' Electronics and Communication Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, India

Abstract: IV Set (Intravenous set) is one of the substantial inventions in the medicinal field; it is actually used for transferring blood or saline from the IV/fluid bag to the patient's body at a speed and pressure that the human body can accept. There is a notable threat associated with using the IV set which most of the doctors and care takers are aware of. When the fluid in the IV bag gets emptied the patient's blood would start flowing through the IV tube in the reverse direction towards the empty IV bag as the pressure of blood in the human body is more than the pressure experienced by the empty IV bag (diffusion), thus leading to blood loss and pain, at times. Thus the care takers must be vigilant enough to replace the fluid bag at appropriate time to avoid blood loss. The innovation proposed is a solution that would prevent such blood losses and doesn't require manual monitoring of the IV bag thereby stopping the reverse blood flow well in time.

Keywords: intravenous set; blood loss; intelligent IV set; hospitals; medicine; saline; intelligent medical support; patient monitor.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMEI.2019.104966

International Journal of Medical Engineering and Informatics, 2019 Vol.11 No.4, pp.357 - 367

Received: 10 Oct 2017
Accepted: 29 Dec 2017
Published online: 10 Feb 2020 *

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