Difference between revisions of "Thermal pain device"
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Smertecenter Middelfart[http://www.sygehuslillebaelt.dk/wm258303] is a place of research for pain and its implications on the lives of citizens. | Smertecenter Middelfart[http://www.sygehuslillebaelt.dk/wm258303] is a place of research for pain and its implications on the lives of citizens. | ||
| − | + | In their research they use various devices to induce pain on patients, to measure when a patient *starts* feeling pain. The problem with their current equipment is, that it is either very expensive or not very user friendly. | |
The job will be to construct a device to induce a measurable amount of pain on patients and log the data. | The job will be to construct a device to induce a measurable amount of pain on patients and log the data. | ||
Revision as of 09:50, 13 November 2018
Smertecenter Middelfart[1] is a place of research for pain and its implications on the lives of citizens.
In their research they use various devices to induce pain on patients, to measure when a patient *starts* feeling pain. The problem with their current equipment is, that it is either very expensive or not very user friendly. The job will be to construct a device to induce a measurable amount of pain on patients and log the data.
Example of device: One example is using a Peltier module (heating plate) that the patient will place his hand on, and remove the hand when he starts feeling pain. A thermistor wil then sense the temperature and the data (temperature + time on plate) can be logged for further use. The interface on the device could be made simply with an LCD screen and a few buttons connected to an Arduino.
Perspective: the aim is for this (or a similar) device to be available for clinicians nation-wide, so any patient can be easily tested.
