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The Study of Design and Implementation of RFID Emergency Medical Information System(REMIS) (RFID와 HL7을 이용한 응급 의료 정보 시스템 설계 및 구현에 관한 연구)

  • Hong, Kyu-Seog;Hwang, Sung-Oh;Lee, Hyun-Sook;Yoon, Young-Ro
    • Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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    • v.28 no.5
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    • pp.703-712
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    • 2007
  • In this paper, we designed the RFID(Radio Frequency Identification) Emergency Medical Information System(REMIS). This REMIS offers the emergency patient's medical information using RFID and HL7(Health Level 7) to an emergency medical technician. In emergency situation as like coma, if the communication, from the patient's current location to the hospital, is possible, REMIS offer the medical information of the patient through REMIS server to an emergency medical technician. In the state of communication blocked, REMIS can offer the patient identification and the emergency information through RFID tag, which the patient wear, to an emergency medical technician. When this system was designed, the protection of the patient's medical information and their privacy was considered, and the HL7 was used to be compatible with another medical systems. Therefore, in this paper, REMIS was designed that it is always possible to offer the emergency patient's information to an emergency medical technician regardless of any communication status and to improve the emergency rescue process, effectively.

Design and Implementation of Medical Compound Stimulator Using Low/High Frequency and Cooling Stimulation (저주파/고주파와 냉자극을 이용한 의료용 조합 자극기의 설계 및 구현)

  • Yoon, Wan-Oh;Kang, Suk-Youb;Jung, Jin-Ha;Choi, Sang-Bang
    • Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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    • v.29 no.1
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    • pp.82-87
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    • 2008
  • In this paper, the study was carried out to design and implement the medical compound stimulator based on the preexisting individual medical stimulators with Low frequency, High frequency and cooling stimulation. The proposed equipment is designed to compound all the functions including a cooling stimulation with a range of $0{\sim}20^{\circ}C$ and the verified low and high frequencies of 250Hz, 500Hz, 1KHz and 1MHz respectively from the previous clinical experiment with a consideration of its credibility and efficiency. Also, it was constructed by using a new technique, thermoelectricity semiconductor with a consideration of miniaturization and stability. In accordance with patients' treatment purpose, the hand piece of low frequency/cooling stimulation and High frequency/cooling stimulation were separately designed for convenience. The frequency, accuracy and other factors of implemented medical compound stimulator was satisfied according to its measurement. It was also tested by Korean Testing Laboratory (KTL) for its stability and efficacy and it confirmed that the medical compound stimulator is suitable for use as it fits in with the medical equipment standards.

Software Risk Management and Cyber Security for Development of Integrated System Remotely Monitoring and Controlling Ventilators (인공호흡기 원격 통합 모니터링 및 제어 시스템 개발을 위한 소프트웨어 위험관리 및 사이버보안)

  • Ji-Yong Chung;You Rim Kim;Wonseuk Jang
    • Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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    • v.44 no.2
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    • pp.99-108
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    • 2023
  • According to the COVID-19, development of various medical software based on IoT(Internet of Things) was accelerated. Especially, interest in a central software system that can remotely monitor and control ventilators is increasing to solve problems related to the continuous increase in severe COVID-19 patients. Since medical device software is closely related to human life, this study aims to develop central monitoring system that can remotely monitor and control multiple ventilators in compliance with medical device software development standards and to verify performance of system. In addition, to ensure the safety and reliability of this central monitoring system, this study also specifies risk management requirements that can identify hazardous situations and evaluate potential hazards and confirms the implementation of cybersecurity to protect against potential cyber threats, which can have serious consequences for patient safety. As a result, we obtained medical device software manufacturing certificates from MFDS(Ministry of Food and Drug Safety) through technical documents about performance verification, risk management and cybersecurity application.

Purification and Characterization of Neoagarotetraose from Hydrolyzed Agar

  • Jang, Min-Kyung;Lee, Dong-Guen;Kim, Nam-Young;Yu, Ki-Hwan;Jang, Hye-Ji;Lee, Seung-Woo;Jang, Hyo-Jung;Lee, Ye-Ji;Lee, Sang-Hyeon
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.19 no.10
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    • pp.1197-1200
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    • 2009
  • The whitening effect, tyrosinase inhibition, and cytotoxicity of neoagarotetraose were measured after its purification from hydrolyzed agar by gel filtration chromatography. In melanoma B16F10 cells, the melanin content of neoagarotetraose-treated cells was the same as that treated by kojic acid or arbutin. In addition, tyrosinase of melanoma cells was strongly inhibited by neoagarotetraose at a concentration of $1{\mu}g/ml$ and similarly inhibited at 10 and $100{\mu}g/ml$ compared with those by arbutin or kojic acid. The activity of mushroom tyrosinase showed a 38% inhibition by neoagarotetraose at $1{\mu}g/ml$, and this inhibitory effect was more efficient than that by kojic acid. Neoagarotetraose revealed a similar $IC_{50}$ (50% inhibition concentration) value for mushroom tyrosinase as that by kojic acid. These data suggest that the neoagarotetraose generated from agar by recombinant $\beta$-agarase might be a good candidate as a cosmetic additive for the whitening effect.

Selective Sterilization of Vibro parahaemolyticus from a Bacterial Mixture by Low-Amperage Electric Current

  • Jin, Soo-Chang;Yoo, Hyun-Suk;Woo, Yeon-I.;Lee, Mi-Hee;Vagaska, Barbora;Kim, Jung-Sung;Uzawa, Masakazu;Park, Jong-Chul
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.19 no.6
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    • pp.537-541
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    • 2009
  • The objective of this study was to investigate the possibility of using low-amperage electrical treatment (LAET) as a selective bacteriocide. Mixtures containing Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, and Vibrio parahaemolyticus were treated with different electric current intensities and for different times. The results showed that at 263 mA, treating bacteria for 100 ms eliminated all V. parahaemolyticus colonies. Although LAET reduced the populations of the three microorganisms, V. parahaemolyticus was more injured by LAET than S. aureus and E. coli when treated at the same processing conditions.

Helicobacter pylori Chaperone-Like Protein CagT Plays an Essential Role in the Translocation of CagA into Host Cells

  • Ding, Honglei;Zeng, Hao;Huang, Linping;Dong, Yandong;Duan, Yijun;Mao, Xuhu;Guo, Gang;Zou, Quanming
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.22 no.10
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    • pp.1343-1349
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    • 2012
  • Most of the Helicobacter pylori strains containing the cag pathogenicity island (PAI) have been associated with more severe gastric disease in infected humans. The cag PAI is composed of 27 proteins, and some of the components are required for CagA translocation into host cells as well as induction of proinflammatory cytokines, such as interleukin-8 (IL-8); however, the exact function of most of the components remains unknown or poorly characterized. In this study, we demonstrated that CagT (HP0532), which is an essential structural component of the cag PAI apparatus, plays an important role in the translocation of CagA into host epithelial cells. In addition to being located on the bacterial surface, CagT is also partially localized in the inner membrane, where it acts as a chaperone-like protein and promotes CagA translocation. However, CagT secretion was not detected by immunoprecipitation analysis of cell culture supernatants. Meanwhile, CagT was related to the introduction of IL-8 of the host cell. These results suggest that CagT is expressed on both the inner and outer bacterial membranes, where it serves as a unique type IV secretion system component that is involved in CagA secretion and cag PAI apparatus assembly.

Human Normalization Approach based on Disease Comparative Prediction Model between Covid-19 and Influenza

  • Janghwan Kim;Min-Yong Jung;Da-Yun Lee;Na-Hyeon Cho;Jo-A Jin;R. Young-Chul Kim
    • International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.32-42
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    • 2023
  • There are serious problems worldwide, such as a pandemic due to an unprecedented infection caused by COVID-19. On previous approaches, they invented medical vaccines and preemptive testing tools for medical engineering. However, it is difficult to access poor medical systems and medical institutions due to disparities between countries and regions. In advanced nations, the damage was even greater due to high medical and examination costs because they did not go to the hospital. Therefore, from a software engineering-based perspective, we propose a learning model for determining coronavirus infection through symptom data-based software prediction models and tools. After a comparative analysis of various models (decision tree, Naive Bayes, KNN, multi-perceptron neural network), we decide to choose an appropriate decision tree model. Due to a lack of data, additional survey data and overseas symptom data are applied and built into the judgment model. To protect from thiswe also adapt human normalization approach with traditional Korean medicin approach. We expect to be possible to determine coronavirus, flu, allergy, and cold without medical examination and diagnosis tools through data collection and analysis by applying decision trees.