Study upon electromagnetic interferences inside an intensive care unit

Luca, Cătălina; Sălceanu, Alexandru

doi:10.1109/icepe.2012.6463878

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“…Through this study is emphasized the influence of various sources of electromagnetic field in the framework of an intensive care unit, where patient health assistance is based on the use of a large number of medical equipment. The presence of spurious electromagnetic field affects the acquisition and the processing of low level biological signals, like electrocardiogram or electroencephalogram; nevertheless, it is possible to influence the patient response due to the electromagnetic stress, [3,4].…”

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Study on the influence of wireless communication systems on the EKG signal

Luca

Sălceanu

2014

2014 International Conference and Exposition on Electrical and Power Engineering (EPE)

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The paper presents noteworthy results upon the influence of some specific electromagnetic fields emitted by three types of wireless communication systems (GSM 900, DECT and Bluetooth) on target acquisition and processing of real-time EKG signals. We have used a cardiac signal simulator, aiming to avoid other subjective stimuli, in order to extract only the significant influences due to some specific radio-frequency traffic upon the EKG signal, including the collecting leads from the source and the electrocardiograph itself.

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Study on the influence of wireless communication systems on the EKG signal

Luca

Sălceanu

2014

2014 International Conference and Exposition on Electrical and Power Engineering (EPE)

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“…Uncontrolled EMI can resonate and cause malfunctions or misreading of medical devices [8], [9]. Devices with higher EMI have more potential to trigger performance degradation [10]. Previous studies reported the robust electromagnetic energy emitted by wireless devices has been contributing to electromagnetic pollution [11] and is responsible for most vital medical device malfunctions [12].…”

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Conducted emission investigation of infant incubator heating control mode

Khotimah

Yoppy

Sudrajat

et al. 2022

IJECE

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<span lang="EN-US">This paper investigates the effect of two different heating power control systems of infant incubators on their conducted emissions. Two infant incubators which respectively employ zero-crossing control mode and phase angle control mode are observed. The research was conducted by measuring conducted electromagnetic interference (EMI) from each infant incubator's power input. Measurements are conducted both during full power condition, while the incubator's compartment temperature is far away from the temperature setpoint, and during power chopping condition, while the compartment temperature reaches the steady-state set point. Method and limit of the measurement refer to CISPR 11. It is found that conducted emission higher than the standard CISPR 11 limit occurs during power chopping on phase angle control mode. This results from the sharp rise time of voltage delivered to the heater, around 220 ns for each chopping cycle.</span>

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“…These types of equipment create high electromagnetic fields that can reach values of 40-50V/m to 1 m away, making it almost impossible to use an EEG / ECG equipment. [2] Another source of radiation is hand traffic between hell and transmitting antenna of mobile phones and emergency radio services. They emit a strong, but short field.…”

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“…[3] There are also several studies showing that access corridors in the intensive care units have the effect of 'guidance' of the electromagnetic field. [2] Any type of medical equipment will be subject to errors in operation if a disturbance large enough exists. Normally, digital circuits are immune to radiation in the environment and their failure is not important for patient welfare.…”

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Study on the influence of wireless communication technology on sensitive medical equipments

Luca

Andriţoi

Corciovă

et al. 2015

2015 IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications (MeMeA) Proceedings

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In this paper we studied the influence of electromagnetic wireless communications traffic on sensitive medical equipment used in intensive care units. We have identified the main sources of disruptive electromagnetic field existing in a neonatal intensive care unit and studied the influence of wireless communication systems type GSM and DECT 900 on the main operating parameters set to a neonatal mechanical ventilator. After studies we observed that the important parameters used in assisted mechanical ventilation such as expiratory volume, inspiratory pressure, expiratory pressure, mean pressure and tidal volume suffer significant changes when wireless communication disturbing source is at walking distance of sensitive medical equipment. Keywords-mechanical ventilation; senzitive medical equipment; wireless communication I.This full text paper was peer-reviewed at the direction of IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society prior to the acceptance and publication.978-1-4799-6477-2/15/$31.00 ©2015 IEEE

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Study upon electromagnetic interferences inside an intensive care unit

Cited by 12 publications

References 1 publication

Study on the influence of wireless communication systems on the EKG signal

Study on the influence of wireless communication systems on the EKG signal

Conducted emission investigation of infant incubator heating control mode

Study on the influence of wireless communication technology on sensitive medical equipments

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