CatheClear© Medical Device Project
Project Description
The Catheclear© project was a part of the senior project and startup collaboration with four Electrical Engineers. Through micro spectroscopy, we were able to obtain the concentration level of certain chemical compounds. We employed a microspectrometer by Hamamatsu to perform the spectral analysis obtained through a flow cuvette. We read the analog data obtained through the flow cuvette holding the sample and then digitally analyze the converted data set. This was then correlated to a certain concentration of a chemical compound, which is the key indicator of a UTI.
Halcyonics Engineering logo design in the early stages of company development.
Catheclear© device Solidworks design utilized to 3D print the body of the device.
The total layout of the Catheclear. This device was meant to be solid as a package to be used inline with commonly used catheters in order to detect UTIs early.
Absorption graphs from mass spectrometer samples showed the possibility of differentiating between commonly occurring nitrate in urine and infection-indicating nitrite in urine.
CAD overview of the device with components in place.
Altium layout of the device utilized to fabricate the PCB board for the final prototype.