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    Area of Science:

    • Biomedical Engineering
    • Medical Device Technology
    • Respiratory Care

    Background:

    • The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted potential shortages of commercial ventilators.
    • Low-cost, pressure-cycled emergency ventilators were developed but often lacked essential monitoring and alarm features.
    • This gap posed a risk to patient safety due to the absence of critical performance feedback.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop an affordable and easily producible electronic sensor and alarm system for pressure-cycled emergency ventilators.
    • To enable estimation of key clinical metrics like airway pressure and respiratory rate.
    • To provide timely alerts for ventilator malfunctions.

    Main Methods:

    • Designed a low-cost electronic sensor system connected to the patient airway.
    • Implemented a signal processing algorithm using nonlinear recursive envelope trackers.
    • Utilized a pair of envelope trackers to monitor pressure sensor signals.
    • Algorithm designed for low memory and computational requirements, suitable for microcontrollers.

    Main Results:

    • The system successfully estimates clinically relevant metrics such as pressure and respiratory rate.
    • The developed system provides an alarm function for ventilator malfunctions.
    • The low-complexity algorithm ensures compatibility with basic microcontrollers.

    Conclusions:

    • A low-cost, easily producible electronic sensor and alarm system was successfully developed for emergency ventilators.
    • The system enhances the safety and functionality of basic pressure-cycled ventilators.
    • This innovation addresses the need for essential monitoring in resource-limited settings.