Design and Implementation of a Monitoring System for Elastomeric Infusion Pumps

Abstract

Elastomeric infusion pumps have found widespread application for the long-term administration of drug treatments. Nevertheless, their actual reliability is debated; thus, the development of integrated monitoring systems, able to provide an accurate, continuous assessment of the drug infusion dynamics, is of extreme relevance. The present work briefly introduces a prototype system which estimates the volume of the drug solution, by measuring the relative distances from the wall of the reservoir, during the emptying time.