A team of researchers from the Institute of Intelligent Machines, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS), successfully developed the first engineering prototype of the respiratory energy metabolism tester (IIM-MC-100) in China.
Recently, this tester has passed the validation and verification of the Anhui Institute of Food and Drug Control. The team, has made agreement with two provincial hospitals, Anhui Provincial Hospital and the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, on carrying out clinical experiments and research on nutritional support intelligent decision models.
In the coming research, IIM-MC-100 will collect a large sample of clinical patient metabolic data. By tracking and studying the impact of different energy supplement prescription on the disease, it will build an accurate assessment model of clinical patients' nutrition requirements and improve the level of clinical personalized nutritional support.
"We have spent six years on this project,” said Prof. MA Zuchang, leader of the team, “This prototype IIM-MC-100 overcomed the serialized core technologies including simulation of sample gas mixing process, balance of gas path pressure, and response-time compensation and others.“ According to Prof. ZHANG, more than 13 core invention patents are included in this project.
With the hood to collect patient expiration gas conveniently, IIM-MC-100 is able to accurately measure the energy metabolism rate and metabolism substrate consumption of clinical patients. Based on precise control of sensor temperature and gas-flow speed, the oxygen concentration detection accuracy of IIM-MC-100 has reached the international advanced level.
the first engineering prototype of the respiratory energy metabolism tester (IIM-MC-100) (Image by WANG Yuan)
The research team from the Institute of Intelligent Machines, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) (Image by WANG Yuan)
Contact:ZHAO Weiwei
Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (http://english.hf.cas.cn/)
Email: annyzhao@ipp.ac.cn