BWSN Project Showcase Meeting on February 8th 2008

On February 8th the results of the BWSN (Biomedical Wireless Sensor Project) was presented in a Showcase at Rikshsopitalet University Hospital. See the Showcase video on YouTube. The showcase represented implementations from the 18 months long project. Wireless sensors from the projects partners MemsCap (invasive arterial pressure), VTT (pericardial accelerometer), Novosense (ECG) and Millicore (digital pleural drainage system) were used during a live transmission of a surgical experiment from an OR at the Interventional Centre to an auditorium. The image on the left shows the ECG sensor on the thorax and the accellerometer sutured to the anterior pericardial surface. The experimental model included tachycardia, hypovolemia, regional myocardial ischemia and pneumothorax.
The BWSN project was funded by MedCoast, Nordic Innovation Center and NUTEK, and had nine Scandinavian project partners. From Sweden: Acreo, Ericsson R&D, Imego, Novosense and Millicore. From Finland: VTT. From Norway; MemsCap, Novelda and the Interventional Centre. The wireless communication platform developed and implemented in the BWSN project was based on modifications of the IEEE 802.15.4 WPAN standard. The Showcase meeting was held in collaboration with the Wireless Patient Network Project supported by the Norwegian Research Council.