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ArticleIEEE journal of translational engineering in health and medicine2016

A System for Simple Real-Time Anastomotic Failure Detection and Wireless Blood Flow Monitoring in the Lower Limbs.

Michael A Rothfuss, Nicholas G Franconi, Jignesh V Unadkat, Michael L Gimbel, Alexander Star, Marlin H Mickle, Ervin Sejdic

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Article in IEEE journal of translational engineering in health and medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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  1. Recent Progress in Blood Flow Sensing.Sensors and actuators. A, Physical · 2025
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  5. The Future of Cardiovascular Stents: Bioresorbable and Integrated Biosensor Technology.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2019
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7 authors.

Michael A RothfussDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering Swanson School of Engineering University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh PA 15261 USA.
Nicholas G FranconiDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering Swanson School of Engineering University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh PA 15261 USA.
Jignesh V UnadkatDepartment of Plastic Surgery University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh PA 15261 USA.
Michael L GimbelDepartment of Plastic Surgery University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh PA 15261 USA.
Alexander StarDepartment of Chemistry University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh PA 15260 USA.
Marlin H MickleDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering Swanson School of Engineering University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh PA 15261 USA.
Ervin SejdicDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering Swanson School of Engineering University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh PA 15261 USA.

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VARIABILITY, STABILITY & SMOOTHNESS OF WALKINGP30AG024827 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI JENNIFER S BRACH · 2004 to 2026
$28.6M
NIA NIH HHS P30 AG024827
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Current totally implantable wireless blood flow monitors are large and cannot operate alongside nearby monitors. To alleviate the problems with the current monitors, we developed a system to monitor blood flow wirelessly, with a simple and easily interpretable real-time output. To the best of our knowledge, the implanted electronics are the smallest in reported literature, which reduces bio-burden. Calibration was performed across realistic physiological flow ranges using a syringe pump. The device's sensors connected directly to the bilateral femoral veins of swine. For each 1 min, blood flow was monitored, then, an occlusion was introduced, and then, the occlusion was removed to resume flow. Each vein of four pigs was monitored four times, totaling 32 data collections. The implant measured 1.70 cm

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Anastomosisbedside monitorblood flow monitorcontinuous waveDopplerflowmeterfree flap

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PMID27730016
PMCPMC5052026

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