I-Corps: Pediatric Breath Practice Spirometry Device

I-Corps：儿科呼吸练习肺活量测定装置

• 批准号: 2226236
• 负责人: Morten Jensen
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: University of Arkansas
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-06-01 至 2023-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2226236&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; Pediatric; Breath; Practice; Spirometry

The broader impact/commercial potential of this I-Corps project is the development of a product designed to enable healthcare technicians to practice spirometry testing with children. Respiratory therapists and pulmonologists working with pediatric patients will gain an increased understanding of patient progress and improve the accuracy of their diagnoses. This medical device may also be used for geriatric populations as a complete spirometry test is often required as part of both preoperative and postoperative medical protocols in in-patient and out-patient medical facilities. This I-Corps project is seeks to develop practical and convenient tools for respiratory therapists and pulmonologists. Assessment of lung disorders and other respiratory ailments often includes Pulmonary Function Testing (PFT) and the most common type of PFT is spirometry. In order to complete spirometry testing, the patient must be able to exhale for six seconds with no backflow of air. Many children are unable to complete the test properly, so they are sent home with a mouthpiece and nose-clip to practice. This practice method is ineffective because there is no way to monitor the patient’s progress. The proposed innovation allows parents to monitor the child’s learning progress and ensure that the children are practicing correctly. The new technology is a hand-held airflow monitoring device designed specifically for pediatric use. The device consists of a small cylindrical tube with a mouthpiece and internal electronic components that deliver audio and visual cues to the user.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该I-Corps项目的更广泛影响/商业潜力是开发一种产品，旨在使医疗保健技术人员能够对儿童进行肺量测定测试。呼吸治疗师和肺病学家与儿科患者一起工作，将增加对患者进展的了解，并提高诊断的准确性。该医疗器械也可用于老年人群，因为住院和门诊医疗机构的术前和术后医疗方案通常需要进行完整的肺活量测定。这个I-Corps项目旨在为呼吸治疗师和肺病学家开发实用和方便的工具。肺部疾病和其他呼吸系统疾病的评估通常包括肺功能测试（PFT），最常见的PFT类型是肺活量测定。为了完成肺量测定测试，患者必须能够呼气6秒钟，而没有空气回流。许多孩子无法正确地完成测试，所以他们被送回家，带着吹口和鼻夹练习。这种练习方法是无效的，因为没有办法监测病人的进展。拟议的创新允许父母监控孩子的学习进度，并确保孩子正确练习。这项新技术是一种专为儿科使用而设计的手持式气流监测设备。该设备由一个小的圆柱形管与吹口和内部电子元件，提供音频和视频提示给用户。这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。