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Patient Parameters Monitoring System Using LABView

Abstract

Very often within a multi specialty hospital there are cases which are under the observation of many
doctors specializing in different respects. In cases like these the diagnosis and the course of
treatment is arrived at after all the doctors examine the various parameters of the patient. Hence in
conditions like these some means of information sharing is needed within a hospital, using which the
doctors can view and propose solutions from their respective locations. This project aims at
providing a solution for this requirement.

In this project the heartbeat from the patient is acquired and digitized using a microcontroller with
an in built ADC and the digital data is given to a Virtual instrument running on a computer which is
connected to the hospitals LAN. Using the virtual instrument any doctor can forward patients
parameters to the computers of other doctors, which are also connected to the LAN.

The need for using virtual instrument is because most of the parameters taken from patients are
analog signals and need to be seen as continuous waveforms. In this application Virtual
instrumentation has many advantages like the signals can be recorded and viewed in the future.
Various thresholds can be set for the parameters like if the pulse rate exceeds a particular value the
doctor can be intimated automatically.

The virtual instrument is created using the Labview software which is specialized software for
creating graphical controls and monitoring systems. This project combines the advantages of using
virtual instrumentation and an existing network like a LAN for providing a cost effective solution for
information sharing with a hospital environment.

Existing System

1. Tele medicine is a promising field and can bring about significant changes in the way health
care is provided to patients.
2. As of now telemedicine is limited to major hospitals and research facilities, because of the
costs involved.

Proposed System

1. In this project the multiple analog signals from the patient is acquired using a
microcontroller and the data is given to a Virtual instrument running on a computer which is
connected to the hospitals LAN.

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Block Diagram

PATIENT MODULE

POWER SUPPLY
Power Reverse Voltage Power LED
Adapter Protection Regulators

Temperature

ARM / PIC
Power
ADC

GPIO
Pulse Rate & Reset
UART

CLOCK
I2C
ROM
UART
DAC / PWM

RAM
Pressure
SPI

GPIO

USB to UART Interface

USB Port Converter UART
IC Interface

Ethernet Interface Module

PC Ethernet Ethernet UART
Port To UART Interface

PC

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Software Tools

LPCXpresso IDE / MPLAB IDE

Eagle
Or cad
LABView

Hardware Required

ARM LPC11U67 / PIC 18LF45K22

Sensors Temperature, Blood Pressure, Pulse Rate etc
PC Interface
Ethernet Interface Module
PC

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