Vadodara: A teacher from the Department of Physiology at Medical College Baroda has bagged patent for developing apprentice spirometer.
Spirometer — also known as student spirometer, Hutchinson’s spirometer or wet spirometer — is currently used in laboratories by first-year MBBS students to measure lung volumes and capacities.
Dr Prashant Rajdeep has bagged the patent for inventing a more budget-friendly, versatile spirometer that will cover a range of activities and will be helpful to both medical and engineering students.
According to Dr Rajdeep, the traditional spirometer has a couple of technical issues. For instance, it has counterpoise system that causes displacement of the beaded chain during the movement. In other words, the string made up of beads used to get slipped from the pulley. He said medicine students used to face this technical snag in laboratories while using the traditional spirometer.
“The device that I have developed has been modified by introducing a new scale, adding an airflow control system (ACS) to the traditional spirometer. The ACS involves plumbing hardware like a tee, a union and two parallel venturi tubes. Now, it can function as a one-way valve or two-way valve, playing a crucial role in controlling flow rates,” he said.
The device that has been developed under a project funded by the State Medical Research Committee has also been featured in ‘Advances in Physiology Education’ published by the American Physiological Society.
“The modifications have turned the traditional spirometer into an interesting and student-friendly spirometer. Students can now learn Ohm’s Law, Poiseuille’s Law, biostatistics and different lung diseases which otherwise they used to learn only from books,” he said.
Students will also be able to learn respiratory sounds, obstructive and restrictive lung diseases which can be mimicked on this device, he said.
“The modified spirometer allows students to explore physiological and anatomical concepts, connecting the science of sound with patient care. It is also a valuable tool for tech students, aiding their understanding and calculations in areas like pressure drop in pipes and flow under compression. This approach links medicine and engineering, offering a hands-on way to learn multiple topics without using delicate instruments or wet experiments,” he said.
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Spirometer — also known as student spirometer, Hutchinson’s spirometer or wet spirometer — is currently used in laboratories by first-year MBBS students to measure lung volumes and capacities.
Dr Prashant Rajdeep has bagged the patent for inventing a more budget-friendly, versatile spirometer that will cover a range of activities and will be helpful to both medical and engineering students.
According to Dr Rajdeep, the traditional spirometer has a couple of technical issues. For instance, it has counterpoise system that causes displacement of the beaded chain during the movement. In other words, the string made up of beads used to get slipped from the pulley. He said medicine students used to face this technical snag in laboratories while using the traditional spirometer.
“The device that I have developed has been modified by introducing a new scale, adding an airflow control system (ACS) to the traditional spirometer. The ACS involves plumbing hardware like a tee, a union and two parallel venturi tubes. Now, it can function as a one-way valve or two-way valve, playing a crucial role in controlling flow rates,” he said.
The device that has been developed under a project funded by the State Medical Research Committee has also been featured in ‘Advances in Physiology Education’ published by the American Physiological Society.
“The modifications have turned the traditional spirometer into an interesting and student-friendly spirometer. Students can now learn Ohm’s Law, Poiseuille’s Law, biostatistics and different lung diseases which otherwise they used to learn only from books,” he said.
Students will also be able to learn respiratory sounds, obstructive and restrictive lung diseases which can be mimicked on this device, he said.
“The modified spirometer allows students to explore physiological and anatomical concepts, connecting the science of sound with patient care. It is also a valuable tool for tech students, aiding their understanding and calculations in areas like pressure drop in pipes and flow under compression. This approach links medicine and engineering, offering a hands-on way to learn multiple topics without using delicate instruments or wet experiments,” he said.
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