Title: Electro-pneumatic system for intussusception reduction in children and its application in the paediatric surgery

Authors: Mohamed Ras Lain; Chouaib Daoudi; Mohamed Souilah; Abdelahafid Chaabi; Hichem Choutri

Addresses: Department of Electronics, Faculty of Technology Sciences, University of Brother's Mentouri Constantine 1, Constantine, Algeria ' Department of Electronics, Faculty of Technology Sciences, University of Brother's Mentouri Constantine 1, Constantine, Algeria ' Department of Electronics, Faculty of Technology Sciences, University of Brother's Mentouri Constantine 1, Constantine, Algeria ' Department of Electronics, Faculty of Technology Sciences, University of Brother's Mentouri Constantine 1, Constantine, Algeria ' Department of Medicine, Pediatric Surgery Service, University Ferhat Abbas, Setif, Algeria

Abstract: Intussusception is an important cause of acute abdomen pain in infants that often occurs between 3 and 12 months of age. The early diagnosis of this disease is vital factor to avoid recourse to surgery that can pose a real danger to the infant. Recently, pneumatic reduction has emerged as a safe and promising method in the treatment of intussusception. The work presented in this article focuses mainly on the implementation of embedded instrumentation based on pressure sensor to improve the manual pneumatic system, which is currently used by the doctors. Initially, a sensor is used for the acquisition of intestinal pressure. The signal conditioner is based around a specialised amplifier and the processing unit is built around microcontroller. A keyboard and LCD display were used to introduce and visualise the evolution of intestinal pressure, respectively. The experimental results show the feasibility of the designed prototype in the treatment of intussusceptions.

Keywords: intussusception; paediatric surgery; pneumatic reduction; embedded system; pressure sensor; microcontroller.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMEI.2021.113395

International Journal of Medical Engineering and Informatics, 2021 Vol.13 No.2, pp.157 - 163

Received: 05 Jan 2019
Accepted: 23 Mar 2019
Published online: 03 Mar 2021 *

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