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Device for Hemodynamic Parameters Measurement in Veterinary Medicine of Small Animals

Authors:
Jan Havlík
Jakub Vitáček

Keywords: hemodynamic parameters, veterinary medicine, blood pressure, heart rate, oscillometric method

Abstract:
The paper describes the design and realization of a~device for non-invasive sensing of hemodynamic parameters in veterinary medicine of small animals (dogs and cats). Two main hemodynamic parameters were selected for the measurement – blood pressure and heart rate. An oscillometric method was chosen to measure blood pressure. The heart rate is determined from the electrocardiography (ECG) signal, i.e., by sensing the electrical activity of the heart from the body surface. The realized device saves the measured data on the SD card after measuring the signals. To evaluate them, a~MATLAB script, which determines the values was implemented. The control of the measuring device and communication with the user is provided by the ESP32 microcontroller. The advantage of the realized device is the possibility of displaying oscillometric pulsations, which is not usually available in commercial devices. Thanks to the simultaneous measurement of the mentioned biological signals, the possibilities of the signal evaluation can be further extended, e.g., by measuring the pulse wave velocity measurement.

Pages: 86 to 89

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2020

Publication date: November 21, 2020

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-3514

ISBN: 978-1-61208-820-4

Location: Valencia, Spain

Dates: from November 21, 2020 to November 25, 2020