Title of Invention

UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING MONITORING SYSTEM

Technology

An upper gastrointestinal bleeding monitoring system, which is composed of a detection device and a signal processing device composed of two linked wireless signal. The system can detect and process bleeding image signal automatically, especially for continuing detection and fixed parts detection.

Benefits

An upper gastrointestinal bleeding monitoring system is provided herein to determine the bleeding condition of an upper gastrointestinal tract by using relation of time and intensity ratios of RGB three primary colors. Accordingly, an upper gastrointestinal bleeding monitoring system of the present invention includes a bleeding detecting device and a signal processing device. The bleeding detecting device is placed to the upper gastrointestinal tract of a patient via his/her mouth or nasal passage. Then, the detecting device stays the upper gastrointestinal tract for several days to consistently monitor whether re-bleeding occurs after bleeding control by gastroscopy.

Possible Applications/ Industry Categories

Medical appliances

Contact Information

Technology Transfer and Business Incubation Center, NCKU

Contact person：Liu Chia-Lin

E-mail：jerryliu@mail.ncku.edu.tw