Oximeter is created to measure oxygenation in the blood

• April 26, 2024

Microcontrollers, an electronic agenda (PDA) and a clothes peg were enough for Víctor Jalil Ochoa Gutiérrez , graduated from the Interdisciplinary Professional Unit of Engineering and Social and Administrative Sciences (UPIICSA) of the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN), will design a portable oximeter , a tool that measures in real time the percentage of oxygen in the blood .

The electronic device is already used in the Resuscitation Unit of the Emergency Service of the Magdalena de las Salinas Hospital of the IMSS.

Ochoa Gutiérrez explained that the prototype built it based on algorithms. He said that currently has the wired and wireless versions that can connect to a cell phone, as well as via Bluetooth.

Because the device has its own technology, since the polytechnic graduate designed the hardware and software, it is susceptible to modification to measure other variables and in turn adapt it to the equipment of an ambulance.

Its cost is reduced compared to others oximeters imported, ranging between five and six thousand pesos. The UPIICSA graduate reported that having suffered an accident was the fact that motivated him to carry out this project:

"After a strong blow to the head , still stunned by the pain, I was on board an ambulance and I realized that it was necessary to have this useful tool to know the level of oxygenation in the blood ”.

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