1st Prototype for CICaidA
Our first prototype for CICaidA
CICaidA Team
The first prototype in this exhibit is the product of the unique multi-disciplinary collaboration of Stony Brook undergraduate students in
Art
Biology
Biomedical Engineering
Computer Science
Electrical Engineering
Computer Engineering
They have come together to create a wearable health monitoring device that fulfills the needs for an effective monitoring and alert system for emergency rooms and nursing homes. A handful of students have previously taken art and theater classes which helped inspire the union between STEM and the Arts.
Undergraduate Students
Luigia Than – Electrical Engineering, Digital Arts
Ryan Chen – Biology
Peter DiPietro – Biomedical Engineering
Vivian Lin – Computer Science
Michael Ly – Biomedical Engineering, Filmmaking
Nate Jamison – Biomedical Engineering
Tony Lin – Biomedical Engineering
Pratik Gurung – Computer Science
Cynthia Wu – Electrical Engineering
Xuecen (Summer) Wang – Computer Engineering
Adrienne Gabit – Biomedical Engineering
Dennis Chan – Computer Science
Matthew Ho – Computer Science
Yuqiang Lin – Computer Science
Faculty Advisors
Professor Nobuho Nagasawa – Department of Art and Affiliate Faculty Department of Theater Arts
Professor M. Ete Chan – Department of Biomedical Engineering
Acknowledgements
Professional input of medical needs and guidance were provided by Dr. Ariel Wu (Yang) (Emergency Department Resident, MD), Dr. Lok Yung (Infectious Diseases, MD) and Bryan Fleischman (Emergency Medicine, Paramedic)
Achievements
EMedic Global 2021, Finalists – International biomedical engineering competition
WolfieTank 2021, Finalists – SBU business pitching competition
Stony Brook Entrepreneur Challenge 2021, NSF I-Corps 2nd Place – Business competition
URECA Celebration 2021, Poster and research presentation – Undergraduate research symposium
SUNY SURC 2021, Poster and research presentation – Annual undergraduate research conference
The CICaidA Project – a Union of Art and Technology
CICaidA Team and faculty advisors Professor Ete Chan (Biomedical Engineering) and Professor Nobuho Nagasawa (Art)
In the current environment, the COVID-19 pandemic has led to increased activity in emergency rooms which were already severely understaffed. In nursing homes, due to differences in state-to-state regulations, some facilities have overnight staff ratios of one registered nurse to over 60 patients. The lack of sufficient staffing begs for more efficient monitoring systems that ensure a standard of quality care for our most vulnerable populations.
Continuous Individual Crisis Aid Alert System (CICaidA) is a biomedical sensor bracelet aimed to monitor patient vitals in real-time, with telemetry capabilities to update/alert healthcare workers at a central monitoring station. Using collected heart rate and SpO2 (peripheral blood oxygen saturation) data, both vital measurements in healthcare, CICaidA is able to determine the general physiological stability of the wearer and send out alerts if vitals deviate from the accepted thresholds. Although there are other wrist-worn sensors on the market, their inaccuracies in SpO2 readings and cost deem them to be unsuitable for use in a healthcare setting with patients who have the potential to rapidly deteriorate in health. The CICaidA device tackles the issues of racial bias in pulse oximetry, where there is a disparity between the accuracies of the sensor when measuring dark vs light skin tones. It has been shown that pulse oximeters often were less accurate in measuring dark skin tones as opposed to lighter skin tones, which often leads to decreases in the quality/accessibility of healthcare received.
Displayed is an early prototype of the CICaidA (the current prototype is still under development). The device consists of an Arduino Bluno, MAX30102 pulse oximeter, coin batteries, speaker, and a LED light strip wristband. This prototype of the device is able to intake vital sign data, then interpret and send that data via Bluetooth. Upcoming prototypes will be more compact and accurate in health readings.