Abstract-The Intravenous (IV) poles are medical and healthcare facilities utilized to deliver medications to patients over a scheduled time. Existing Intravenous poles are either commercial poles, that are found in the market, or robotic poles, that are still under research. Despite commercial poles hold and deliver medications, they restricted the movement of patients, consumed the nurses' time and were costly. The robotic poles in research were able to overcome the movement restrictions however, they needed external accessories to maneuver the pole and they carried light weights merely. The aim of our project is to develop a new prototype for solving the shortcomings of both commercial and robotic poles in order to enhance the healthcare service provided to patients. In this paper we provide the simulation of our automated robotic IV pole to offer new technological features. Several cost-effective build up materials were carefully chosen in this prototype. The first step was the simulation of the prototype of the new robotic pole including its different parts and components, using AutoCAD. Simulation results showed five contributions separated according to the function and/or merged according to the prototype. The preliminary results also showed the best qualitative way to fit all the specifications in the robotic system, such as the overall simulated shape, sensors and connections in order to provide the proper functionality of the system. The experimental development will be consider in our future work.
Robotic intravenous poles are automated supportive instrument that needs to be triggered by patients to hold medications and needed supplies. Healthcare engineering of robotic intravenous poles is advancing in order to improve the quality of health services to patients worldwide. Existing intravenous poles in the market were supportive to patients, yet they constrained their movement, consumed the time of both the patient and the nurse, and they were expensive in regard to what they offer. Although robotic poles overcame some of the movement limitations of the commercial/market poles, they were partially automated and did not offer additional technological features. The aim of our work was to develop a fully automated Biomedical Intravenous Pole Robot (BMIVPOT) to resolve the aforementioned limitations and to offer new technological features to intravenous poles, thereby promoting the health services. Several sensors and build-up materials were empirically chosen to be cost-effective and fulfill our needs. The new prototype was divided into three steps: simulated prototype, real implementation of the prototype, and testing and evaluation. Simulation results showed the best qualitative way to fit all the specifications in the robotic system, such as the shape, sensors, and connections in order to provide the proper functionality of the system. Experimental and real results provided the manufactured parts, implemented sensors, and the final robot. Testing the tracking and the flow sensor performances were provided. Evaluation of our Biomedical Intravenous Pole Robot with alternatives showed that our robot outperforms the other poles in many aspects including the features it offers, the percentage of interventions it comprised, the reliability, and cost-effectiveness. The overall percentage of features offered by our Biomedical Intravenous Pole Robot was 60% higher than that offered by peer research poles and 80% higher than that of the market poles. In addition, the average percentage of integration of interventions (architecture, sensor, wireless, tracking, and mechanical) in the Biomedical Intravenous Pole Robot was at least 56% higher than that of the alternative poles. According to the results, Biomedical Intravenous Pole Robot offers a cost-effective price as compared to the others. As a future prospect, we intend to add more features to this prototype in order to enhance it, such as vital signs detection, and improve the tracking system.
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