Visual - ITF : Making anesthesia safer

Visual – ITF b reakthrough:

ContextAnesthesia and use of cu rare based muscle relaxantAddressed p roblemT

for breathing and for swallowing)

Visual ITF (Isom etric Thumb Force) is a

ergonomic sensing handgrip with high

analysis.The out standing per formance of

cantly imp roves the

Using a bsolute measu rements it detects

nominal response or reference signal

featureImpact

Photography of operating theatre during pilot trial

Experimental recording of one of the parameter:TOF with display of absolute measurements andcomparison to reference signal from the patient

Technology Readiness L evel : 7

ContactsProf. Dr. Philippe Passeraub, Dipl. Ing. Fabien Moreillon,Dr. Alain d’HollanderMicroengineering Bioinstrumentation Laboratoryhepia, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerlandc/o Campus Biotech, chemin des Mines 9, CH-1202 Geneva, SwitzerlandPhilippe.Passesraub@hesge.ch --- http://hepia.hesge.ch