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Design of an x-ray / ventilator synchronization system in an integrated clinical environment
David Arney1, Kunal Bhatia, Sanchit Bhatia
1Systems Engineer with the Medical Device Plug and Play program of CIMIT, Cambridge, MA, USA. dave@mdpnp.org
Abstract:
Patients in an ICU may receive daily chest x-rays. These x-rays are taken manually and may be at different phases of respiration, which limits their clinical usefulness. We examine design issues around automatically synchronizing an x-ray and ventilator in an interoperable manner, including requirements on the individual devices and new safety hazards introduced by connecting them into a system.
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