Low-Cost, High-Performance IV Infusion Delivery System

CareFusion Engineering, 2013-14

Liaison(s): Robert Butterfield
Advisor(s): Mary Cardenas
Students(s): Michelle Seguin (TL-F), Emma Frederick (TL-S), Neil Pearson, Annie Chung (S), Travis Beckman (S), Cleo Stannard (F), Brittany Borg (F)

The 2013-2014 CareFusion Clinic Team designed, built and tested a low-cost, high-performance IV infusion delivery system aimed for healthcare markets in developing countries. To reduce cost, the delivery system pumps on continuous PVC tubing and uses a rotary peristaltic drive. The delivery system counteracts the reduction of flow caused by tubing deformation by surrounding the pumping region with a controlled partial vacuum which restores the tubing to its full diameter.