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Department of Sensor and Biomedical Technology

School of Electronics Engineering

Vellore Campus

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Materials Science and Engineering: C

In-vitro cell adhesion and proliferation of adipose derived stem cell on hydroxyapatite composite surfaces

Measuring the body temperature of patients in prolonged infusion shows drop in core body temperature in accordance with the change in atmospheric conditions like room temperature etc. Babies kept inside the intensive care unit are more prone to the fluctuating temperature, resulting in sequential body temperature drop off. Though intravenous fluid warming system adjusts the fluid to appropriate temperature, it does not take feedback temperature from the patient’s body. Hypothermic conditions might cause serious illness to epileptic babies and the babies under postoperative care. Designing a system, which would addresses this complication is at the urge of distinction. This paper addresses the automatic sensing and cutoff in infusion to prevent the occurrence of such emergency conditions. Temperature sensor is placed at the extremities of the baby. This sensor measures baby’s core body temperature at an hourly interval. The average normal body temperature [‘normal’ varies from babies to babies] is determined initially. Infusion stops and heater goes on when the temperature goes below the set normal temperature. Once the fluid is warmed to a set optimum temperature, infusion occurs. This automated infusion of warmed fluids helps in bringing back the normal body temperature of the babies, thus avoiding emergencies.

7th WACBE World Congress on Bioengineering 2015 IFMBE Proceedings

Automated Infusion Control with Core Body Temperature for Infants Under IV Administration

Department of Physics

School of Advanced Sciences

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Procedia Materials Science

Synthesis and Characterization of Pullulan Acetate Coated Magnetic Nanoparticle for Hyperthermic Therapy

Biofilms are a complex group of microbial cells that adhere to the exopolysaccharide matrix present on the surface of medical devices. Biofilm-associated infections in the medical devices pose a serious problem to the public health and adversely affect the function of the device. Medical implants used in oral and orthopedic surgery are fabricated using alloys such as stainless steel and titanium. The biological behavior, such as osseointegration and its antibacterial activity, essentially depends on both the chemical composition and the morphology of the surface of the device. Surface treatment of medical implants by various physical and chemical techniques are attempted in order to improve their surface properties so as to facilitate bio-integration and prevent bacterial adhesion. The potential source of infection of the surrounding tissue and antimicrobial strategies are from bacteria adherent to or in a biofilm on the implant which should prevent both biofilm formation and tissue colonization. This article provides an overview of bacterial biofilm formation and methods adopted for the inhibition of bacterial adhesion on medical implants.

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Bacterial adherence and biofilm formation on medical implants: A review

The development of practical sensors for the detection and quantification of heavy metals ions in the samples is the subject of considerable research. A glutathione stabilized silver nanoparticles (GSH-AgNPs) modified screen printed electrode was proposed to determine the trace levels of Pb(II) by using cyclic voltammetry. Maximum current was obtained at the potential range of 0.263 V. The electrostatic redox peak current shows a linear response towards the concentration of Pb(II) and linear calibration curves were obtained. The limit of detection was determined as 4.963×10-8 M and the sensitivity response is 10-5 mV with a scanning rate of 100 mV/s. © 2013 IEEE.

International Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials & Emerging Engineering Technologies

Electrochemical sensor for the detection of lead ions