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开发和建造一个开放平台,开源的低成本便携式尿液流量计:OpenFlow设备
Germano Adelino Gallo1, Aderivaldo Cabral Dias Filho2, Pedro Rincon Cintra da Cruz2
1Graduate Program in Medical Sciences, University of Brasília, Brasília, Asa Norte, Brazil.
Neurourology and urodynamics
|October 27, 2023
概括
一个新的,低成本的,便携式尿流量计是为家庭使用而开发的. 这种准确且易于使用的设备可以改善排空障碍的诊断和管理.
科学领域:
- 生物医学工程 生物医学工程
- 泌尿器科 泌尿器科 泌尿器科 泌尿器科
- 医疗器械开发 医疗器械开发
背景情况:
- 尿流量测量对于诊断和管理排泄障碍至关重要.
- 目前便携式设备可用性的局限性阻碍了在家进行广泛的尿流量计.
- 精确,低成本的便携式设备可以增强患者的监测和坚持.
研究的目的:
- 开发和评估一个开放平台,开源,低成本的便携式尿液流量计.
- 评估使用这种新型设备在家进行尿液流量计的可行性.
主要方法:
- 使用负载电池,数字存储卡和3D打印的框架构建了一个便携式尿液流量计.
- 20名泌尿科医生在至少24小时内评估了该设备的可用性,强度和便携性.
- 经验丰富的泌尿动力学家评估了尿流量计跟踪的解释性.
主要成果:
- 在80%的评估中,该设备在易用性,强度和便携性方面获得了最高分.
- 98%记录的尿液流量计追踪被认为是可解释的.
- 研究群体很小,监测时间很短,这代表了局限性.
结论:
- 可以构建一个具有成本效益 (<50美元),准确和用户友好的便携式尿液流量计.
- 这种设备有可能提高便携式尿液流量计的可访问性.
- 促进在家进行尿流量计可以改善排泄障碍的管理.
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