The Challenge:

Need to constantly monitor hospital multiple patients' IV bags:

• How much IV is remaining in each of the patients' bags?
• Is one person's IV being used up at an abnormal rate?
• Does anyone?s IV need to be replenished?

How it works:

The Remote IV-Monitoring System enables users to simultaneously check the IV levels of multiple patients with a user-friendly interface on a single computer.

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Results:

Solution:

Use one load cell to hang the IV-bag off of in a hospital room in order to monitor the IV level and deployment rate.

Parts Used:
• 1 iLoad Mini 10 lb load cell
• 1 DQ-1000U
• 1 TX-125 Adapter
• 1 IV-12 5 Adapter
• USB hub
• LoadVUE software

Total time to setup
• 10 minutes