Project Description:

The Mobile App-controlled Infusion Pump is a medical device that intravenously delivers fluids and medications into a patient’s body in controlled, specified amounts. This device is tailored for hospitals’ intensive care units (ICU) and designed to assist nurses and physicians when administering vasopressors to hypotensive patients (i.e., blood medications that elevate one’s mean arterial blood pressure). The device has wireless capability, retrieves data from existing blood pressure monitors, and can be remotely operated anywhere in the ICU (or within a specified hospital area based on future protocol) by medical practitioners, allowing for the monitorization of multiple patients’ blood pressure vitals and infusion pump settings, as well as the adjustment of these settings without having to physically enter the patients’ rooms. Specifically, users will be able to toggle through any patient currently hooked up to one of the infusion pumps on any wireless compatible device; visually see the patient’s arterial line waveform, mean arterial pressure (MAP), systolic and diastolic pressure, the name of the current medication(s) being administered, the volume(s) of medication remaining in the specified IV bag(s) (VTBI), and the rate or dosage of the medication(s) being delivered; and have the ability to stop, pause, and even change (increase or decrease) the flow rate or dosage of the specified drug with the touch of a button. During initial setup, users will be required to input a target MAP value, and throughout the duration of medication delivery, the device will provide suggestions on what dosages to change (based on existing hospital protocol) to attain the patient’s target MAP. Additionally, the device will have an assistive electronic health record (EHR) charting feature, where patient’s vitals and pertinent infusion pump settings (e.g., the time when dosages were administered, timestamped blood pressure readings, etc.) will be uploaded to the hospital-specific EHR software or database. Although tailored for the ICU and for delivering vasopressors, the device’s usage can be expanded to other medical units, such as the emergency department and the operating room, and deliver various other medications that require precise dosages, such as fentanyl.