Design of a device for the assessment of dyspnea patients

Mehwish Faiz; Taha Mushtaq Shaikh; Mustafain Ali; Syeda Iqra Hussain; Maria Fatima Abbas

doi:10.22581/muet1982.2204.13

Mehwish Faiz Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Science, Technology and Management, Ziauddin University Karachi Pakistan
Taha Mushtaq Shaikh Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Science, Technology and Management, Ziauddin University Karachi Pakistan
Mustafain Ali Department of Biomedical Engineering, NED University of Engineering &Technology, Karachi Pakistan
Syeda Iqra Hussain Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Science, Technology and Management, Ziauddin University Karachi Pakistan
Maria Fatima Abbas Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Science, Technology and Management, Ziauddin University Karachi Pakistan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.22581/muet1982.2204.13

Abstract

Dyspnea is a disorder that occurs because of shortness of breath and may lead to multiple complications. Intoxicated dyspnea patients are those who are addicted to alcohol, as well as have breathing problems. Mostly, problems faced by dyspnea patients are inhalation, when they take alcohol with severe concentration. For intoxicated dyspnea patients, there is a continuous need for alcohol breath testing along with breath indicators, since, an individual is prone to alcohol addiction, and faces problems of breathing such as asthma, hypertension, etc. The severe outbreak of dyspnea in these individuals may be deadly. To handle this condition, an alcoholic meter along with an incentive spirometer is designed that helps in the assessment of breathing problems by measuring the alcohol concentration and inhaled air. Several parameters have opted for both inhalation detection and alcohol concentration which include the severity of health problems encompassing asthma, hypertension for the detection of inhaled air, and normal, moderate, severe alcohol concentration. The working of the proposed device is validated through the analysis of these parameters. The results are obtained on the graph as well as on display, which shows a variation in the range among every individual with respect to selected parameters either in incentive spirometer (inhalation detection) or alcoholic meter, and these ranges are also displayed in a numeric form on LCD. The idea is to design an economical and portable device for intoxicated dyspnea patients for emergency conditions which is a combination of an alcoholic meter with an incentive spirometer (IS) for the measurement of alcohol concentration along with breathing problems by making use of sensors. This unique idea of combining an alcoholic meter with an incentive spirometer will aid intoxicated dyspnea patients in case of emergency.