INFUSION LIGHT. A clever drip
The healthcare architecture of any country is built on the model of a queuing system with finite capacity – that is, with a limited ability to provide specific medical services and services in a specific geographical location.
The throughput of any system primarily depends on internal properties.
For medicine, these are indicators of the quantity and quality of medical staff, the number of rooms, beds, the readiness of vehicles, the condition of various systems, such as resuscitation systems, mechanical ventilation, etc. In this list, it is imperative to mention information platforms and processes in the form of protocols, regulations, etc.
The well-known illustration (left) is a clear example of how the system ceases to cope with the flow of input requests that exceed the planned level. As a result, part of the requests literally stops being serviced.
The situation with COVID-19 is also dangerous because a viral infection not only increases the input flow, but also can remove a significant part of the medical staff from the work process. This further reduces throughput and increases the number of unprocessed requests. That is why the most important task is the introduction of technologies aimed at increasing the throughput of the healthcare system. The first logical step is the protection of medical personnel. Also an urgent task is to minimize the time spent by medical personnel on servicing one patient.
TASK
The Infusion Light project, created at the Engineering School of the public organization “Association Noosphere“, is designed to minimize the time spent by medical staff on monitoring the process of intravenous drip administration of medical medicinal solutions.
DECISION
Infusion Light – it is a hardware-software complex that easily integrates into the infusion system and automatically calculates the volume and speed of the drug delivery process through the dropper.
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Data from the sensors is sent to a centralized console or to individual devices of the medical staff. Thus, the health workers are freed up the time that they are now spending on visual control of the process of delivering drugs intravenously. The use of the Infusion Light device will significantly save the resources of medical personnel and allow them to spend on more important tasks.
PROJECT HISTORY
In late 2018 – early 2019, the project developers confirmed the viability of the idea. In the summer of 2019, the team created a mock device and tested it in a technical laboratory. Now a prototype has been created that contains the minimum necessary functionality of the MVP version of the product. The team is preparing to create a complex based on laboratory research and conduct a test in a hospital. In parallel, a mobile application is being developed with a minimum of necessary functionality and the server part of the complex.
In November 2019, the project won the InnoDnipro 2019 project and startup competition and received a development grant of UAH 100,000.
In the photo: the student team of the project – Bogdan and Petro Lisitsyn, Iryna Karyaka, as well as mentor Igor Gomilko and head of the Dnipro laboratory at Noosphere Engineering School Tatyana Bulanaya.
TEAM
The authors of Infusion Light – Bogdan Lisitsyn, Petro Lisitsyns and Iryna Karyaka – students of the O. Gonchar Dnipro National University. They turned to Noosphere Engineering School with the idea of this project in December 2018. Previously, the brothers graduated from the Kremenchuk Medical School and had practical experience working as paramedical personnel – this provided the basis for creating the idea and a strong motivation for its implementation. Also in the team are students of O. Gonchar Dnipro National University: Roman Zhabitenko (responsible for mobile development), Kristina Gerasimenko (leads the SMM project), Veronika Dalik (creates the design of the web part of the project)
A significant role in the project is played by the mentors of the student team, Noosphere Engineering School experts: Sergiy Poslavsky, Ph.D., a professional developer of digital systems and platforms with great practical experience, as well as Igor Gomilko, (Ph.D. .н) – an expert in microprocessor technology and Mikhailo Fesenko – an expert in industrial design.
PLANS AND HORIZONS
We do our best to make ready-made Infusion Light systems become a reliable tool for improving the efficiency of the healthcare system in Ukraine and, hopefully, the whole world.
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Source: noosphereengineering.com
