Objective The target of the project is the development of an optical fibre sensors capable of a continuous monitoring of carbon dioxide partial pressure (pCO2) inside the stomach: pCO2 is an important parameter to evaluate the tissue oxygenation and its monitoring in the stomach has been shown to be a convenient method in critically-ill patients and seems to be of particular relevance to patient morbidity and mortality. The development of the membrane containing the chromophore sensitive to pCO2, the realization of the optical section of the optoelectronic unit, to be connected firstly to a PC, and the development of appropriate optical links are the three main aspects, in which at present the scientific/industrial partners of the consortium (IROE CNR-Italy, Joanneum Research-Austria and Prodotec-Italy) are involved.The first laboratory measurements performed on sensitive membranes in a flow-through cell, connected with an optical fibre link are very promising; both fluorescence and absorption-based membranes were tested and seem to be capable of fulfilling the requirements established at the beginning of the project in collaboration with the physicians involved in the project (Karl Franzens University- Austria and Florence University-Italy).First in-vivo tests are scheduled for the beginning of the next year. Fields of science social sciencessociologydemographymortalityengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorsnatural sciencesphysical sciencesopticsfibre optics Programme(s) FP4-SMT - Specific research and technological development programme in the field of standards, measurements and testing, 1994-1998 Topic(s) 0301 - Health and safety Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF ITALY EU contribution No data Address Via Panciatichi 64 50127 FIRENZE Italy See on map Total cost No data Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Joanneum Research, Forschungsgesellschaft mbH Austria EU contribution No data Address 17,Steyrergasse 17 8010 Graz See on map Total cost No data Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz Austria EU contribution No data Address 15,Auenbruggerplatz 15 8036 Graz See on map Total cost No data Prodotec Srl Italy EU contribution No data Address Via A. Antognoli 50127 Firenze See on map Total cost No data Synectics Gastro AB Sweden EU contribution No data Address 12,Renstiernas Gata 12 116 28 Stockholm See on map Total cost No data Università degli Studi di Firenze Italy EU contribution No data Address Viale G.Morgagni 85 50134 Firenze See on map Total cost No data
