Arduino based Dialyser Reprocessing System
Sunil Tej Boppudi1, Hasya Reddy Reddivari2, Ramanukolanu Sai Deepthi3, Guggilam Ramesh Babu4
1Sunil Tej Boppudi, Department of ECE, Vignan’s Foundation for Science Technology and Research, Guntur (A.P), India.
2Hasya Reddy Reddivari, Department of ECE, Vignan’s Foundation for Science Technology and Research, Guntur (A.P), India.
3Ramanukolanu Sai Deepthi, Department of ECE, Vignan’s Foundation for Science Technology and Research, Guntur (A.P), India.
4Guggilam Ramesh Babu, Department of ECE, Vignan’s Foundation for Science Technology and Research, Guntur (A.P), India.
Manuscript received on 23 November 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 17 December 2019 | Manuscript Published on 30 December 2019 | PP: 127-129 | Volume-9 Issue-1S5 December 2019 | Retrieval Number: A10311291S52019/19©BEIESP | DOI: 10.35940/ijeat.A1031.1291S519
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Abstract: Hemodialysis is a process of eliminating metabolic wastes from the blood in humans who suffer with renal failure or End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD). In the heart of the purifying process lies an exchanging apparatus called the Dialyzer, where it acts as a semipermeable membrane for the blood metabolic constituents to get eliminated from the system and sometimes excess water is also eliminated based on the patient’s condition. These dialyzers are available in commercial market in two variants, one as a disposable and another as a reusable, where the latter can be multiple cycles of purification. In order to be useful for the multiple times or multiple cycles, a dialyzer is put in the dialyzer reprocessing unit (DRU). A DRU will ensure that the biological fluid is cleaned and disinfected with various fluids, filled with bacteria repellent fluid for later usages. DRUs are increasingly expensive in commercial aspects, in this paper a low cost dialyzer reprocessing prototype has been fabricated using an Arduino UNO board for the process control using R.O Water, Hydrogen peroxide and formalin as cleansing and disinfectant agents.
Keywords: Dialyzer, Dialyzer Reprocessing unit (DRU), Hemodialysis, end Stage Renal Disease, R.O. Water, Formalin, Hydrogen Peroxide.
Scope of the Article: Cyber-Physical Systems