Design of Low Cost Smart Infusion Pump

Abstract

An infusion pump is a medical device that is used to deliver drugs with moderate precision. Intravenous medication administration by infusion is particularly trying for basic applications since stable infusion flow rates are necessary because any dose errors or delayed alarms may prompt adverse clinical events. The fundamental drawback of an infusion pump is that detailed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Incorporate programming issues, battery failures, and some are designed generally for immobile use at a patient’s bedside. One of the most commonly indicated problems is mechanical compliance, which causes variability in flow rate and delayed occlusion alarm. Additionally, the market cost was costly to be generally accessible in the developing nations. Subsequently, contingent upon detailed problems, the work thought of a ground-breaking think that utilization strain gauge transducer mechanism for the infusion measurement and the flow controlled naturally by the gravity. The designed project does not depend on the pump mechanism, to avoid compressibility, and occlusion alarm is detected in software by measuring the arithmetic mean of infusion readings. The project is designed with simplified electronic circuits and remotely controlled via a wireless Bluetooth module. Offering significant advantages over either manual or automated administration of fluids, including the ability to deliver fluids in small volumes, at precisely modified rates, including a speech audible and visual alerting, low cost, and compact when compared to the familiar infusion pumps.