In medical emergency situations, when a patient needs a blood transfusion, the universal blood type O− is administered. This procedure may lead to the depletion of stock reserves of O− blood. Nowadays, there is no commercial equipment capable of determining the patient's blood type in situ, in a fast and reliable process. Human blood typing is usually performed through the manual test, which involves a macroscopic observation and interpretation of the results by an analyst. This test, despite of having a fast response time, may lead to human errors, which sometimes can be fatal to the patient. This paper presents the development of an automatic mechatronic prototype for determining human blood typing (ABO and Rh systems) through image processing techniques. The prototype design takes into account the characteristics of reliability of analysis, portability, and response time allowing the system to be used in emergency situations. The developed prototype performs blood and reagents mixture acquires the resultant image and processes the data (based on image processing techniques) to determine the sample blood type. It was tested in a laboratory, using cataloged samples of blood types, provided by the Portuguese Institute of Blood and Transplantation. Hereafter, it is expected to test and validate the prototype in clinical environments.
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Mechatronic System for ABO Human Blood Typing
Vânia Moreira,
Vânia Moreira
Algoritmi Research Centre,
Campus de Azurém,
University of Minho
,Campus de Azurém,
Guimarães 4800-058
, Portugal
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José Machado,
Campus de Azurém,
José Machado
CT2M, University of Minho
,Campus de Azurém,
Guimarães 4800-058
, Portugal
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Vítor Carvalho,
Vítor Carvalho
1
Algoritmi Research Centre,
Campus de Azurém,
University of Minho
,Campus de Azurém,
Guimarães
4800-058, Portugal
;
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Filomena Soares,
Filomena Soares
Algoritmi Research Centre,
Campus de Azurém,
University of Minho
,Campus de Azurém,
Guimarães
4800-058, Portugal
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Ana Ferraz
Ana Ferraz
Algoritmi Research Centre,
Campus de Azurém,
University of Minho
,Campus de Azurém,
Guimarães 4800-058
, Portugal
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Vânia Moreira
Algoritmi Research Centre,
Campus de Azurém,
University of Minho
,Campus de Azurém,
Guimarães 4800-058
, Portugal
José Machado
CT2M, University of Minho
,Campus de Azurém,
Guimarães 4800-058
, Portugal
Vítor Carvalho
Algoritmi Research Centre,
Campus de Azurém,
University of Minho
,Campus de Azurém,
Guimarães
4800-058, Portugal
;
Filomena Soares
Algoritmi Research Centre,
Campus de Azurém,
University of Minho
,Campus de Azurém,
Guimarães
4800-058, Portugal
Ana Ferraz
Algoritmi Research Centre,
Campus de Azurém,
University of Minho
,Campus de Azurém,
Guimarães 4800-058
, Portugal
1Corresponding author
Manuscript received April 14, 2014; final manuscript received July 23, 2014; published online September 4, 2014. Assoc. Editor: Rafael V. Davalos.
J. Med. Devices. Dec 2014, 8(4): 044507 (7 pages)
Published Online: September 4, 2014
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Received:
April 14, 2014
Revision Received:
July 23, 2014
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Moreira, V., Machado, J., Carvalho, V., Soares, F., and Ferraz, A. (September 4, 2014). "Mechatronic System for ABO Human Blood Typing." ASME. J. Med. Devices. December 2014; 8(4): 044507. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4028201
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