设计,制造和控制一个低成本的气道正压装置
Jordan F Hill1, Samuel Jackson1, Mia Uluilelata1
1Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.
HardwareX
|August 5, 2024
概括
一种新的低成本正气道压力装置mePAP被开发用于睡眠呼吸暂停研究. 它提供与昂贵设备相匹配的性能,提高了全球研究人员和患者的可访问性.
科学领域:
- 生物医学工程 生物医学工程
- 呼吸系统医学 呼吸系统医学
- 医疗器械设计 医疗器械设计
背景情况:
- 阳性气道压力 (PAP) 装置对于睡眠呼吸暂停管理至关重要,但对于许多人来说,它们的价格过高.
- 睡眠呼吸暂停的全球流行和日益增长的研究兴趣需要负担得起,可访问的PAP替代品.
- 目前商业PAP设备的价格在800至2500新西兰元之间,造成了巨大的财务障碍.
研究的目的:
- 设计和原型一个低成本,高品质,多用途的PAP设备 (mePAP) 用于呼吸系统疾病研究,特别是睡眠呼吸暂停.
- 为研究人员提供一个负担得起和可适应的工具来测试和分析正气道压力算法.
- 通过一种具有成本效益的解决方案,提高睡眠呼吸暂停研究和治疗的可访问性和公平性.
主要方法:
- 开发mePAP设备的目标成本为250.0新西兰元.
- 实现可定制的功能,包括恒定,双级和自动控制模式.
- 集成Wi-Fi控制电话应用程序,开源数据收集和可修改的软件进行算法测试.
- 在面具上增加了一个迷你传感器,以提高压力准确度.
- 与黄金标准的费舍尔和佩克尔PAP设备进行比较验证.
主要成果:
- 该mePAP装置表现出与黄金标准装置相当的性能,输出压力非常相似.
- 该设备提供4至20cmH2O的压力范围,通过智能手机应用程序控制.
- 开源数据收集和可适应的软件有助于实现和分析各种算法.
- mePAP的成本 (约NZ$250) 显著降低了研究和潜在的临床使用的财务障碍.
结论:
- 该mePAP是一种可行的,低成本的替代昂贵的PAP设备,适合睡眠呼吸暂停和呼吸系统疾病研究.
- 它的适应性,开源性质和可负担性提高了它在各种研究和临床环境中的实用性.
- 该mePAP设备促进了可访问性和公平性,使得对呼吸道疾病的通风算法进行了更广泛的研究.
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