Cable and Fluid Line Management System Justine W. Carter Advisor: Richard Fries, Datex-Ohmeda

Intensive Care Unit patients connected to many cables and fluid lines

Need for new reorganized cable and line system in the ICU When patient is transported, moved, or turned over Cables become tangled and/or disconnected Untangling cables is time consuming Misidentification of devices connected Results in medical errors

Design System to Eliminate This Problem Multiparameter Cable Combines: ECG, SpO2 temperature http://www.datex-ohmeda.com/products/supplies_multiparametercables_B.htm

Design Generalized Multiparameter Cable Combine Cables for Heart Moniter Cardiorespoiratry moniter Pulse Oximeter/SpO2 Carbon Dioxide Moniter Endotraceal tube Respitory or Mechanical ventilator IV Pumps

Proposed Design for Cable and Line Centralizer

Current Status Researched similar devices Contacted Edmund Lagan in Radiology Department at Vanderbilt Medical Center Completed IWB Preliminary sketch

Future Work Design final schematic Research product materials Research statistical information about medical errors Re-Visit Medical Center Confer with Dr. Lagan about design