Abstract
Mayo Clinic is one of the top
research organizations in the country and looked to us to help solve an issue
with extubation procedures. During certain procedures, a patient may need a
tube placed in their throat to help them breathe. Extubating is the process of
removing that tube. However, removing the tube before the patient can breathe
on their own can further harm the patient. The issue is that the current method
of telling if a patient is safe to extubate is unreliable. We aim to fix this
issue with our device.
Safe-X reads and analyzes
muscular signals, and decides if it’s safe to remove the tube from a patient’s
throat. Our model is based on data collected from our device, which is stored
securely online. This allows remote fine tuning the model to increase the
accuracy of its decision. It is also smaller and more portable than the current
device being used by Mayo Clinic, which enables doctors to use the device on a
variety of patients in all areas of the hospital.
