Development of an artificial vital sign generator for pulse oximeter

Abstract

This paper presents an artificial vital sign generator that enables medical trainees to measure SpO2 and the pulse rate of a patient simulator using a pulse oximeter. The proposed system has a biological model that possesses a structure that is the inverse of a pulse oximeter probe, and it works using the inverse procedure to that of pulse oximetry. The SpO2 generating function has been validated using two commercially available pulse oximeters. © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2010.