LUMOR: an app for standardized control and monitoring of a porcine lung and its nutrient cycle

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2014:198:79-86.

Abstract

The outcome of the EU-funded project ElBik has been the lung simulator 'iLung', which imitates an actively breathing human lung with a porcine lung. In order to keep the explanted lung in a nearly physiological state during transportation from the slaughterhouse to the ventilation laboratory the tissue needs to be nourished and temperature controlled. The Project AlveoPic designs a mobile transport vehicle implementing an ISO/IEEE 11073-20601 compliant communication interface for the exchange of the physical parameters, alert messages and setpoint-values. An appropriate 11073 domain information model is designed and limitations of the defined services and attributes are identified. For monitoring purposes the Android App LUMOR is implemented providing a user with an easy-to-handle GUI. It was found, that alert capabilities and remote set features are not well supported in ISO/IEEE 11073-20601 at the moment and possible workarounds are discussed.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms*
  • Animals
  • Austria
  • Biological Assay / standards*
  • Clinical Alarms / standards*
  • Culture Media, Conditioned / analysis
  • Culture Media, Conditioned / metabolism*
  • Feedback, Physiological / physiology
  • Guidelines as Topic
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Lung / physiology*
  • Mobile Applications / standards*
  • Monitoring, Physiologic
  • Organ Culture Techniques / standards*
  • Swine

Substances

  • Culture Media, Conditioned