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To reduce the complications of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and increase its effectiveness, the quality of CPR must be measured and feedback provided to the CPR practitioner. Although CPR ancillary devices that attach sensors to measure the compression frequency and depth have been used, these devices did not previously capture the parameters necessary to determine whether the compression position was appropriate, or whether the thorax was deformed by fracture or other causes. In this study, we proposed a system for measuring the mechanical impedance of a patient’s thorax using a load cell and an accelerometer, incorporated into a CPR ancillary device; the mechanical impedance measurements enabled monitoring of the characteristics and deformations of the thorax during in vitro experiments using dummies, and in an animal experiment using two pigs. When CPR was performed, sensors attached to the CPR assist device measured the compression force and movement, and then the single frequency elements of force and velocity at chest compression frequency were calculated. The mechanical impedance can be determined by calculating the ratio of the obtained force to the velocity. Dummies with different elastic moduli show differences in mechanical impedance. In the animal experiment using pigs, the mechanical impedance of the pig’s thorax steadily decreased in response to successive chest compressions. The mechanical impedance system proposed in this study may be useful in the development of new methods to rapidly measure the mechanical properties of the human body or other complex structures.
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Seong-Min Kang is a Principal Research Engineer in the medical device R&D center at Kangwon National University since February 2016. He received the Ph.D. degrees in Convergence System Eng. from Kangwon National Univ., Chuncheon, Korea, in 2011 and 2016. His research interests are in the development of biomedical instrument. He has been developing an artificial heart, an automatic CPR machine and organ preserving devices.
Seong-Wook Choi is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical & Biomedical Engineering at Kangwon National University since March 2007. He received the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Biomedical Eng. from Seoul National Univ., Seoul, Korea, in 2001 and 2006. His research interests are in the development of biomedical instrument. He has been developing an artificial heart, an automatic CPR machine and organ preserving devices.
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Kang, S.M., Choi, S.W. Monitoring mechanical impedance of the thorax with compression and decompression cardiopulmonary resuscitation device. J Mech Sci Technol 33, 981–988 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-019-0155-y
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