The IV-Buddy

IV-伙伴

• 批准号: 10036240
• 金额: $ 56.6万
• 依托单位: NVENTION LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10036240
• 关键词: IV; Buddy

Whenever fluid is given into the body via a dripline, the dripline should be monitored to avoid air embolism or formation of blood clots that can block the tubing. This is conventionally done by hospital nurses and ambulance paramedics peering at the drip chambers. For catheter (thin tubes visible under X-rays) interventions in arteries, where continuous administration of fluids is important to keep the blood from clotting within the catheters, there is nothing suitable on the market to monitor flow. Interruption of flow, even for only a minute, can lead to blood clots that can result in severe disability or death.Doctors and paramedics of The Mobile Stroke Unit Charity, together with founders of Nvention, identified the need for a simple device that can be used on ambulances and in hospitals for operations in the brain and heart. Our invention, the IV-Buddy, automatically sounds an alarm if flow within a drip line into the body stops. The IV-Buddy has a novel sensor technology that leads to increased patient safety during infusions. With the IV-Buddy, valuable nursing time does not need to be spent repeatedly inspecting drip chambers.Infusion pumps could potentially be used, but they are expensive, cumbersome to handle, not readily available and not usable for catheter interventions. Our easy to use IV-Buddy will improve patient safety, especially in low-resource settings where infusion pumps are scarce.The IV-Buddy has other applications. Army medics were excited to learn of this new tool that saves lives while evacuating soldiers, or during mass casualty events. Other applications include home infusion and dialysis, blood donation or patient transport in hospitals and ambulances. With the IV-Buddy, fluid monitoring becomes possible in poorer countries where infusion pumps are too expensive.The IV-Buddy is innovative as:\* there is no such device on the market,\* it lowers the risk to patients by automatically alerting the clinician of a problem,\* it is simple to use,\* it can be low cost, making it widely affordable.This grant will fund technical design to incorporate product extensions requested by users after seeing our earlier prototype. We will also obtain information on and plan for the clinical trials (in the ambulance and catheter lab) needed to gain regulatory approval.The improved version of the IV-Buddy developed during this grant will be prototyped as part of the evaluation of its new features and tested in a simulated environment to evaluate its safety.

每当通过滴灌管将液体注入体内时，都应监测滴灌管，以避免空气栓塞或形成血栓，从而堵塞管道。这通常是由医院护士和救护车护理人员凝视滴注室来完成的。对于动脉导管（X 射线下可见的细管）介入治疗来说，连续输液对于防止血液在导管内凝结非常重要，但市场上没有任何适合监测流量的产品。血流中断，即使只有一分钟，也可能导致血栓，从而导致严重残疾或死亡。流动中风慈善机构的医生和护理人员与 Nvention 的创始人一起，确定需要一种简单的设备，可以用于救护车和医院进行大脑和心脏手术。我们的发明 IV-Buddy 会在滴水管内流入体内的水流停止时自动发出警报。 IV-Buddy 拥有新颖的传感器技术，可提高输液期间患者的安全性。有了 IV-Buddy，就不需要花费宝贵的护理时间反复检查滴注室。可以使用输液泵，但它们价格昂贵、操作麻烦、不易获得且不适用于导管干预。我们易于使用的 IV-Buddy 将提高患者的安全，特别是在输液泵稀缺的资源匮乏的环境中。IV-Buddy 还有其他应用。陆军医务人员很高兴得知这种新工具可以在疏散士兵时或在大规模伤亡事件期间挽救生命。其他应用包括家庭输液和透析、献血或医院和救护车中的患者运输。有了 IV-Buddy，在输液泵过于昂贵的贫穷国家，液体监测成为可能。IV-Buddy 的创新之处在于：\* 市场上没有这样的设备，\* 它通过自动警报降低了患者的风险问题的临床医生，\* 使用简单，\* 成本低廉，使其广泛负担得起。这笔赠款将资助技术设计，以纳入用户在看到我们早期原型后所要求的产品扩展。我们还将获得获得监管部门批准所需的临床试验（在救护车和导管实验室）的信息和计划。在这笔拨款期间开发的 IV-Buddy 的改进版本将作为其新功能评估的一部分进行原型设计并在模拟环境中进行测试以评估其安全性。