The Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology‘s Ajay Kottapalli has developed a cheap IV drip sensor to monitor and regulate fluid flow. A signal is sent to a control unit which can adjust the flow speed or alert staff. This can reduce the amount of time nurses spend checking patient IVs — which is estimated at 30% of their time, according to the researchers.
More importantly, better monitoring can save lives. Infusion of fluids into the body at the wrong rate can be fatal.
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