Towards Automation in Pleural Aspiration: Design, Development and Verification

Anxing Jiang; Athanasios Martsopoulos; Steven Walker; Antonia Tzemanaki

doi:10.1109/MED61351.2024.10566247

Towards Automation in Pleural Aspiration: Design, Development and Verification

Anxing Jiang, Athanasios Martsopoulos, Steven Walker, Antonia Tzemanaki^*

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This paper introduces a novel automated system for small-volume pleural effusion aspiration procedures. The traditional reliance on clinician experience in manual pleural aspiration can lead to fatigue, insufficient medical resources, as well as variability in outcomes due to human errors and complications during the procedure. The proposed system uses automation to ensure a consistent and standardised approach, aiming at improving procedure efficacy and safety. The setup includes a medical syringe supplemented by 3D-printed components, driven by a linear actuator, and an infrared proximity sensor for the closed-loop system. We controlled the fluid aspirated speed, achieving a minimum plunger movement speed of about 2 mm/s and measuring plunger displacement as a proxy for aspirated liquid volume. Experiments verified the system's performance across different speeds, with a mean error of 2 mm in the closed-loop tests.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2024 32nd Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED)
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages	245-250
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9798350395440
ISBN (Print)	9798350395457
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MED61351.2024.10566247
Publication status	Published - 27 Jun 2024
Event	The 32nd Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation - KAM Center of Mediterranean Architecture, Chania, Greece Duration: 11 Jun 2024 → 14 Jun 2024 https://www.med-control.org/med2024/

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Name	Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED)
Publisher	IEEE
ISSN (Print)	2325-369X
ISSN (Electronic)	2473-3504

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Conference	The 32nd Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation
Abbreviated title	MED 2024
Country/Territory	Greece
City	Chania
Period	11/06/24 → 14/06/24
Internet address	https://www.med-control.org/med2024/

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Jiang, A., Martsopoulos, A., Walker, S., & Tzemanaki, A. (2024). Towards Automation in Pleural Aspiration: Design, Development and Verification. In 2024 32nd Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED) (pp. 245-250). (Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED)). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). https://doi.org/10.1109/MED61351.2024.10566247

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Jiang, A, Martsopoulos, A, Walker, S & Tzemanaki, A 2024, Towards Automation in Pleural Aspiration: Design, Development and Verification. in 2024 32nd Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED). Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), pp. 245-250, The 32nd Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, Chania, Greece, 11/06/24. https://doi.org/10.1109/MED61351.2024.10566247

Towards Automation in Pleural Aspiration: Design, Development and Verification. / Jiang, Anxing; Martsopoulos, Athanasios; Walker, Steven et al.
2024 32nd Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2024. p. 245-250 (Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED)).

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