Novel implementation of IoT based non-invasive sensor system for real-time monitoring of intravenous fluid level for assistive e-healthcare

Abstract

Purpose The purpose of the study is to design and develop an pervasive and smart Internet of Things (IoT)-based sensor system to monitor he real-time intravenous (IV) fluid bag level. Design/methodology/approach This paper investigates such issue and performs several experiments to develop a non-invasive, semi-automatic system to monitor IoT-based IV fluid level in real-time. Findings The outcome of this study is a prototype hardware that includes an ESP8266 based embedded Web server to disseminate the fluid exhaust status flag to its connected users. Nurses can get the prompt intimation about the status of IV fluid bag whether it is about to get empty. Research limitations/implications IoT is the backbone of the proposed system. Multi-master system need to be studied in future. Practical implications Non-invasive and real-time IoT-based novel technique is developed with power-efficient and cost-effective pervasive sensors. Social implications This is applicable for pervasive and assistive e-health-care services by care givers and medical professionals. Originality/value The deployed system is controlled by ATtiny85 with help of LM35 temperature sensor. The results show a promising future of the proposed development in enhancing IoT-based smart health-care service in the coming days.

Smart Intravenous Infusion Dosing System

“…The humidity sensor, together with sensors for detecting the patient's temperature and pulse via a microcontroller and Bluetooth connection, sends real-time data to medical staff mobile devices. The IoT infusion monitoring system which comprises a temperature sensor for infusion flow detection, a microcontroller, and a Wireless-Fidelity (Wi-Fi) module is presented in [22]. Liquid level data is transmitted wirelessly from the microcontroller to the IoT cloud, the mobile application, and to the medical staff mobile phones.…”

“…The advantages of the described systems are wireless communication between sensor and controller [20,23,24], wireless communication between controller and computer at nurse room [21][22][23][25][26][27][28], the use of IoT technologies [21,22,29,30], mobile application for IV therapy monitoring [21,22,[25][26][27]29,30], personal computer (PC) monitoring application [28], continuous detection of IV bottle/bag fluid level [20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30], alarm at the patient or in the nurse room [20][21][22][23]25,26,[28][29][30], flow control valve or pump for infusion fluid [20,25,27], and monitoring system in patient's room [20].…”

“…The disadvantages of the described systems are that there is no backflow solution [21][22][23][24]26,[28][29][30], there is no IV therapy monitoring application [20,23,24], there is no wireless between communication controller and control panel [20,24], there is no usage of IoT technology [20,[23][24][25][26][27][28], and it has not been tested in hospitals [20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30].…”

Internet of things in health management systems: A review

“…In doing so, a potential method is a laterally dispersed platform like the Internet of Things (IoT) 10,11 . Thus, among the array of usages empowered by IoT, health care systems are chiefly crucial 12,13 . Therefore, in this article, we have examined the IoT and its relationship to health management systems (HMS).…”

An energy‐aware method for task allocation in the Internet of things using a hybrid optimization algorithm

“…The main goal is to activate the items of the network for actively cooperating and making their resources accessible to conduct some applications allotted to the network. The realization of the IoT sample depends on cooperative, smart items execution along with significant interoperability potentials 6,7 . The interoperability aspects pertain to cooperate among nodes to a collaborative application extension in current technology, taking the accessible resources into account, like memory, processing, electrical energy, and object potential for conducting a specific task 8,9 .…”