Development of tele-home uroflowmetry system with NB-IoT implementation

Abstract

Uroflowmetry is one of the most useful tools for patient with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). While there are more and more patients suffered from LUTS, the accessibility of the device is still very low Also stress and unfamiliar environment at physician offices may affects the test result. This study introduces the preliminary system for home-use uroflowmetry with Narrowband Internet of Things (NBIoT) implementation. Patient can get tested from their home and the data will be automatically send to physician’s office. This will help physician to closely monitor his patient symptoms and help with treatment adjustment. The system includes prototype home uroflowmetry device, based on weight transducer method. connected with NB-IoT module, real time clock, SD card for backup memory, the data will send to server using user datagram protocol (UDP). The device user interface designed to be simplest and easy to understand by patient. Physician will access the result from hospital by log in to desktop application that download data from server and process and visualize uroflowmetry test result. This study also includes with preliminary tests of the system among research group members to prototype user experience and system flow.