设计和实施一个具有成本效益的,开源的,可编程的脉动式流量系统
Sanna E Herwald1, Daniel Y Sze1, Daniel B Ennis1,2
1Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305, United States.
HardwareX
|August 20, 2024
概括
研究人员开发了一个低成本的,开源的脉动流系统,使用Arduino微控制器准确模拟血管血流. 这种可适应的平台为商业系统提供了具有成本效益的替代方案.
科学领域:
- 生物医学工程 生物医学工程
- 流体动力学 流体动力学
- 开源硬件是开源的硬件.
背景情况:
- 精确模拟血管血流对于研究和医疗器械开发至关重要.
- 商业脉动流系统通常很昂贵,缺乏适应性.
- 需要具有成本效益的可编程解决方案来模拟动脉流动.
研究的目的:
- 设计,实施和验证一个可编程的开源脉动流系统.
- 通过使用可访问的材料,实现血管流动的经济有效的模拟.
- 创建一个可适应的平台来复制动脉脉冲波形.
主要方法:
- 使用了一个兼容Arduino的微控制器和电机驱动器.
- 控制一个离心直流 (DC) 电机用于产生流量.
- 编程系统以产生模仿动脉波形的脉动流.
- 使用多普勒超声波和直流测量验证了系统性能.
主要成果:
- 基于Arduino的系统成功地产生了动脉波形的脉动流.
- 多普勒超声波和流量测量证实了血管流量的准确复制.
- 材料的总费用低至99美元,表明了高的成本效益.
- 该系统被证明是适应性的,并且在成本和灵活性方面优于商业产品.
结论:
- 开发的开源脉动流系统是一个非常具有成本效益和适应性的解决方案,用于模拟血管流.
- 该平台为研究人员提供了一种可访问的工具,用于研究血液动力学和测试医疗器械.
- 成功验证突显了开源硬件在生物医学研究中的潜力.
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