Phoenix Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitor Project
Sub-project: Data Acquisition Prototype, Phoenix Project team

Project Description

The purpose of the Data Acquisisiton Prototype subproject is to gain experience managing and implementing an open-source medical device project while building a (possibly not-quite-functional) prototype blood pressure monitor that extends the work that has come out of the sensor groups to date.

Project Deliverables

Project Management notes.

Group members

• Larry Beaty (Project Manager)
• Steven James
• Willam Cheng
• Garrett Heidorn
• Chase Turner
• others as available . . .

Project Communications

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"Customer"

• Chris Adams

Other stakeholders

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Vendors

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Consultants

• Dr. Jim Holte

Resources

• IEEE student lab at UMN
• Need inventory from the lab
• Need access rules for the lab
• Piezoelectric film sensors left over from Akhila Tadinada's project
• A small grant from IEEE for parts and software
• Labview, National Instruments Data Acquisition device and software, Matlab

Project tracking

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Project Report

Current activities

• Improve the piezeoelectric film sensors
• Pursue a better understanding of the Chen patent, prove its viability
• Design and build a microprocessor-based Data Acquisition Board
• Push the price of the $200 Home ABPM kit to less than $100
• Investigate opto-electronic sensors

TBD

A First Block Diagram  

Volunteers Are Needed

Would you like to work on any part of this project?  Envision a prototype, propose a way to implement it, and send your suggestion to Larry.  Or start out by just asking questions.

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This page is maintained by Larry A. Beaty.  It was last updated on 23 August 2009.

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