Team 6
D.R.I.P. - Drug Release Intelligence Pipeline, a Smart IV Drip Medication Router
Team Members:
D.R.I.P. - Drug Release Intelligence Pipeline, a Smart IV Drip Medication Router
Team Members:
Trixia Dela Rosa
Natalie Guzman
Emma Lieberman
Antara Sira
Jennifer Smetanick
Team Mentors:
Dr. J.M.R. Apollo Arquiza, PhD - Arizona State University, SBHSE
Dr. James Bogert, MD - Dignity Health
Mr. Devyn Weber, BSN - Dignity Health
YouTube Link:
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Zoom Link:
https://asu.zoom.us/j/4644808819
Abstract
Critically ill hospital patients often need multiple intravenous (IV) medications and blood products administered to them quickly. Due to the biochemistry of the medications involved, many drugs cannot be mixed prior to entrance of the body. The decision of which medication or blood products will run in the same IV or central line is currently determined by bedside caregivers and creates the risk of mixing incompatible medications due to human error. This also results in an overwhelming uncomfortable number of IV ports for the patient. Additionally, critically ill patients often need emergency transportation, where an excessive number of medication lines can pose added risk during loading, unloading, and emergency drug administration en route.
We developed the Drug Release Intelligence Pipeline (DRIP) to safely combine multiple compatible medications down to one IV. This device verifies drug compatibility and combines them to streamline the process of introducing a new medication to a trauma patient. This small, portable, and intuitive device allows nurses to select the names of the medications to be combined, reassures or denies they are compatible, and opens/keeps closed the solenoid valves as a result. DRIP is compatible with existing systems, alarms caretakers of potential errors, and reduces the number of lines entering the patient. We have utilized SOLIDWORKS, MATLAB, Arduino, and machine shop techniques to develop a custom 3D printed product to embody our prototype. The main components of the product are the outside casing, the MATLAB-Arduino compatibility decision system, speakers, and the combination tubing within the device.
DRIP aims to eliminate potentially life threatening medication-mixing errors, relieve the stressful responsibility of drug compatibility checks from doctors and nurses, reduce discomfort of multiple IVs for the patients, and provide an innovative solution for improved IV drip therapy.
