Honeywell Embedded Products for Hospital Applications
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Product Overview
Description
Embedded sensors, switches, scan engines, and barcode decoding software may potentially be used throughout a hospital to enhance patient care. Honeywell's products are designed to provide enhanced quality and durability for the most stringent hospital requirements.
Application Areas
The following areas benefit from Honeywell's embedded products:
- Point of Care: Bed/Chair, Dialysis Machine, Infusion Pump, Oxygen Concentrator, Patient Monitoring, Sleep Apnea Machine, Spirometer, Wound Therapy
- Pharmacy: Automated Medication Dispensing Cabinet
- Operating Room: Anesthesia Delivery System, Patient Monitoring, Surgical Instruments, Ventilator
- Well Newborn Nursery: Infant Incubator
- Laboratory: Hospital or Third Party: Analyzer, Specimen Warming Incubator
A 3D illustration depicts various hospital departments, including a patient room, pharmacy, operating room, newborn nursery, and laboratory, highlighting where Honeywell products can be applied.
Point of Care
Bed/Chair
Customer Benefits
Electronically adjust bed and chair position and monitor therapeutic mattress air columns.
Honeywell Products
Magnetoresistive Sensor IC: provides reliable, accurate output for smooth motor control that reduces noise and vibration. MICRO SWITCH Position Switch: determines minimum and maximum position. Pressure Sensor - Board Mount: measures air pressure and controls mattress air column inflation/deflation to prevent bedridden patients from developing bedsores.
Dialysis Machine
Customer Benefits
Enhance patient treatment efficiency.
Honeywell Products
Force Sensor: detects the presence/absence of a fresh dialysate cartridge before machine can be used; monitors dialysate flexible tubing pressure so the pressure doesn't exceed a specified level; monitors dialysate weight to detect whether there is a specified amount in the fresh cartridge. Hall-Effect Magnetic Position Sensor IC: provides reliable, accurate output for smooth motor control that reduces noise and vibration in the motor assembly. Pressure Sensor – Board Mount: obtains a direct, in-line continuous dialysate and venous pressure measurement in the dialysis membrane without interrupting flow. Pressure Transducer – Heavy Duty: helps to monitor fresh dialysate cartridge pressure in the flexible tubing that carries blood or dialysate to provide continuous feedback of line pressures and pump control. Thermistor: provides temperature measurement for enhanced control of the permeation rate across the dialysis membrane.
Infusion Pump
Customer Benefits
More accurately control fluid flow and minimize overheating.
Honeywell Products
Device with an Embedded Honeywell Barcode Reader: tethered barcode readers support identification and delivery process. Force Sensor: provides an occlusion detector to detect blockage in the pump's tube that delivers medication to the patient. Hall-Effect Magnetic Position or Magnetoresistive Sensor IC: provides reliable, accurate output for smooth motor control that reduces noise and vibration in the pump's motor assembly and improves efficiency. Pressure Sensor - Board Mount: monitors and controls fluid flow.
Oxygen Concentrator
Customer Benefits
Enhance response time, minimize oxygen waste, reduce power consumption and improve portability.
Honeywell Products
Airflow Sensor: detects ultra-low levels at 0.1 cm³ to detect when the patient exhales and when the system should reduce airflow. Pressure Sensor – Board Mount: detects when the patient begins to inhale so that oxygen can be delivered more efficiently and effectively. Pressure Switch: acts as a high-pressure warning, alerting the user by activating an indicator light if the pressure exceeds a specified limit. Pressure Transducer – Heavy Duty: senses pressure from the surge tank, providing feedback to the compressor that allows it to maintain the desired pressure level.
Patient Monitoring
Customer Benefits
More accurately control blood glucose and temperature monitoring.
Honeywell Products
Barcode Decoding Software: enables tracking of the patient via a mobile device. Pressure Sensor – Board Mount: controls the pumps used to draw the blood in continuous glucose monitors and returns it to the patient. Thermistor: monitors patient temperature.
Sleep Apnea Machine
Customer Benefits
Help sleep apnea sufferers achieve quiet, uninterrupted sleep.
Honeywell Products
Airflow Sensor: monitors the patient's breathing and sends an output that reduces the flow of the machine's internal blower fan when the patient starts to exhale. Hall-Effect Magnetic Position Sensor IC: provides enhanced output accuracy for smooth motor control that reduces noise and vibration in motor assembly fan systems. Humidity Sensor: monitors the amount of humidified air to provide adequate air moisture to the patient. Pressure Sensor – Board Mount: monitors the pressure of air that is delivered to the patient. Thermistor/Pre-Packaged Temperature Probe: provides warm, moist air.
Spirometer
Customer Benefits
Enhance treatment efficiency.
Honeywell Products
Airflow Sensor: measures the airflow from the patient upon exhalation. Pressure Sensor-Board Mount: measures the pressure drop in a flow tube as the patient is inhaling and exhaling, which is used to calculate the volume of air in the lung.
Workflow Solutions
Customer Benefits
Verify patient identification.
Honeywell Products
Devices with an Embedded Honeywell Barcode Reader: enables scanning of the label for positive confirmation of patient and clinical information.
Wound Therapy
Customer Benefits
Optimize therapy and safety with sensors that provide the desired therapy.
Honeywell Products
Pressure Sensor – Board Mount: monitors the pressure applied to the wound via the suction system, as set by the physician.
Pharmacy
Automated Medication Dispensing Cabinets
Customer Benefits
More accurate dispensing of medication to the patient.
Honeywell Products
Devices with an Embedded Honeywell Barcode Reader or Barcode Decoding Software: enables scanning of the labels for positive confirmation of patient and clinical information. Hall-Effect Magnetic Position or Magnetoresistive Sensor IC: enables remote locking and unlocking of medication-dispensing cabinet drawers.
Well Newborn Nursery
Infant Incubator
Customer Benefits
Help maintain comfortable conditions and a condensation-free chamber for newborn babies who require controlled environments for observation and care.
Honeywell Products
Humidity Sensor: monitors the system to maintain a desired level of humidification with accurate dew-point and absolute humidity/moisture measurement. Thermistor: monitors temperature.
Laboratory: Hospital or Third Party
Analyzer Equipment
Customer Benefits
Achieve enhanced equipment performance and consistent results.
Honeywell Products
Airflow Sensor: provides sensing for sample injector and mobile/stationary phase (chromatography). Hall-Effect Magnetic Position Sensor IC: provides open/closed cover, trap or door detection (chemistry analyzer); provides pump unit position detection (chromatography). Humidity Sensor: provides system leakage detection and measurement of temperature and humidity versus ambient (chemistry analyzer). MICRO SWITCH Basic Switch: provides detection of covers, doors and drawers (blood/chemistry analyzers, chromatography, cytometry/cellular analysis, molecular diagnostics/PCR). Optical Sensor: provides sample identification through barcode (blood analyzer, cytometry/cellular analysis, molecular diagnostics/PCR); measures robotic element/vial position (chemistry analyzer); detects sample loading home/autoloading carousel position (chromatography). Pressure Sensor – Board Mount: regulates pump pressure to draw and transport samples (blood analyzer); measures pipette pressure for air/obstruction detection and pump/flushing systems (chemistry analyzer). Pressure Sensor – Board Mount or Pressure Transducer – Heavy Duty: measures fluid volume and detection of air and occlusion in pipetting system (blood analyzer, cytometry/cellular analysis, molecular diagnostics/PCR); provides sensing for sample injector and mobile/stationary phase (chromatography). Pressure Transducer – Heavy Duty: provides an alternative to board mount sensing for pump monitoring and flushing systems (chemistry analyzer). Barcode Scan Engine or Barcode Decoding Software: obtains positive patient confirmation, and often a brief code of the physician's order, before sampling (blood/chemistry analyzer, chromatography, cytometry/cellular analysis, molecular diagnostics/PCR). Thermistor or Temperature Sensor: monitors chamber temperature, diffusion lamps and oil-cooled motors to help prevent overheating (blood analyzer); monitors reagent and sample temperature (chemistry analyzer); cools sample and flow cell; provides temperature sensing (cytometry/cellular analysis).
Specimen Warming Incubators
Customer Benefits
Protect specimens with sensors that help maintain optimal environmental conditions.
Honeywell Products
Humidity Sensor: monitors the system to maintain an accurate dew-point and absolute humidity/moisture measurement in the chamber. Thermistor: measures air stream temperature.
Operating Room
Anesthesia Delivery System
Customer Benefits
Achieve a more accurate, constant supply of gases and vapor with sensors that enhance patient treatment.
Honeywell Products
Airflow Sensor: measures air, oxygen and nitrous oxide flow so specified mixture, as set by the doctor, is delivered. Hall-Effect Magnetic Position Sensor IC: provides enhanced output accuracy for smooth motor control that reduces noise and vibration in motor assembly fan systems. Pressure Sensor – Board Mount or Pressure Transducer – Heavy Duty: measures air and oxygen pressure so that they do not exceed a desired level. Thermistor: monitors and controls air temperature.
Patient Monitoring
Customer Benefits
Obtain more accurate blood pressure/respiratory monitoring.
Honeywell Products
Airflow Sensor: monitors patient's respiratory function. Pressure Sensor – Board Mount: measures blood pressure.
Surgical Instruments
Customer Benefits
Enhance patient treatment with more accurate and reliable sensors.
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Force Sensor: regulates fluid management system pump head pressure. Pressure Sensor – Board Mount: senses joint pressure during arthroscopic surgery; monitors insufflator pressure during endoscopy.
Ventilator
Customer Benefits
Rely on sensors that enhance patient comfort and therapy effectiveness.
Honeywell Products
Airflow Sensor: measures air and oxygen flow so specified mixture, as set by the doctor, is delivered. Hall-Effect Magnetic Position Sensor IC: provides enhanced output accuracy for smooth motor control that reduces noise and vibration in motor assembly fan systems. Humidity Sensor: provides warm, moist air when coupled to a microcontroller that measures the air stream humidity and then signals the controller that the desired level of moisture is present. Pressure Sensor – Board Mount: measures air and oxygen pressure so that the pressure doesn't exceed a desired level. Pressure Transducer – Heavy Duty: provides a sensing solution when high pressure, steel pressure port interface and/or corrosive media are used. Thermistor: monitors and controls the air temperature.
Embedded Products Selection Guide - Hospital
| Application Area | Sensors | Barcode Scan Engines and Decoding Software | Switches |
|---|---|---|---|
| LABORATORY: HOSPITAL OR THIRD PARTY | |||
| Blood Analyzer | ● Airflow Sensor ● Force Sensor ● Humidity Sensor ● Optical Sensor ● Pressure Sensor - Board Mount ● Pressure Transducer - Heavy Duty ● Sensor IC - Hall-Effect Magnetic Position ● Sensor IC - Magnetoresistive ● Temperature Probe (Pre-Packaged) ● Thermistor or Temperature Sensor | ● Barcode Scan Engines ● Barcode Decoding Software | ● Basic Switch ● Position Switch ● Pressure Switch |
| Chemistry Analyzer | ● Airflow Sensor ● Force Sensor ● Humidity Sensor ● Optical Sensor ● Pressure Sensor - Board Mount ● Pressure Transducer - Heavy Duty ● Sensor IC - Hall-Effect Magnetic Position ● Sensor IC - Magnetoresistive ● Temperature Probe (Pre-Packaged) ● Thermistor or Temperature Sensor | ● Barcode Scan Engines ● Barcode Decoding Software | ● Basic Switch ● Position Switch ● Pressure Switch |
| Chromatography Equipment | ● Airflow Sensor ● Pressure Sensor - Board Mount ● Pressure Transducer - Heavy Duty ● Sensor IC - Hall-Effect Magnetic Position ● Sensor IC - Magnetoresistive ● Thermistor or Temperature Sensor | ● Barcode Scan Engines ● Barcode Decoding Software | ● Basic Switch ● Position Switch ● Pressure Switch |
| Cytometry/Cellular Analysis Equipment | ● Airflow Sensor ● Optical Sensor ● Pressure Sensor - Board Mount ● Pressure Transducer - Heavy Duty ● Sensor IC - Hall-Effect Magnetic Position ● Sensor IC - Magnetoresistive ● Thermistor or Temperature Sensor | ● Barcode Scan Engines ● Barcode Decoding Software | ● Basic Switch ● Position Switch ● Pressure Switch |
| Molecular Diagnostics/Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Equipment | ● Airflow Sensor ● Pressure Sensor - Board Mount ● Pressure Transducer - Heavy Duty ● Sensor IC - Hall-Effect Magnetic Position ● Sensor IC - Magnetoresistive ● Thermistor or Temperature Sensor | ● Barcode Scan Engines ● Barcode Decoding Software | ● Basic Switch ● Position Switch ● Pressure Switch |
| Specimen Warming Incubators | ● Humidity Sensor ● Thermistor or Temperature Sensor | ||
| OPERATING ROOM | |||
| Anesthesia Delivery System | ● Airflow Sensor ● Pressure Sensor - Board Mount ● Pressure Transducer - Heavy Duty ● Sensor IC - Hall-Effect Magnetic Position ● Thermistor or Temperature Sensor | ||
| Blood Pressure Monitoring | ● Airflow Sensor ● Pressure Sensor - Board Mount | ||
| Respiratory Monitoring | ● Airflow Sensor ● Pressure Sensor - Board Mount | ||
| Surgical Instruments | ● Force Sensor ● Pressure Sensor - Board Mount | ||
| Ventilator | ● Airflow Sensor ● Humidity Sensor ● Pressure Sensor - Board Mount ● Pressure Transducer - Heavy Duty ● Sensor IC - Hall-Effect Magnetic Position ● Thermistor or Temperature Sensor | ||
| PHARMACY | |||
| Automated Medication Dispensing Cabinets | ● Sensor IC - Hall-Effect Magnetic Position ● Sensor IC - Magnetoresistive | ● Barcode Scan Engines ● Barcode Decoding Software | |
| POINT OF CARE | |||
| Bed/Chair | ● Pressure Sensor - Board Mount ● Sensor IC - Hall-Effect Magnetic Position ● Sensor IC - Magnetoresistive | ● Position Switch | |
| Dialysis Machine | ● Force Sensor ● Hall-Effect Magnetic Position Sensor IC ● Pressure Sensor - Board Mount ● Pressure Transducer - Heavy Duty ● Thermistor or Temperature Sensor | ||
| Infusion Pump | ● Force Sensor ● Hall-Effect Magnetic Position Sensor IC ● Pressure Sensor - Board Mount ● Sensor IC - Magnetoresistive | ● Barcode Scan Engines | |
| Oxygen Concentrator | ● Airflow Sensor ● Pressure Sensor - Board Mount ● Pressure Switch ● Pressure Transducer - Heavy Duty | ||
| Patient Monitoring | ● Barcode Decoding Software ● Pressure Sensor - Board Mount ● Thermistor or Temperature Sensor | ||
| Sleep Apnea Machine | ● Airflow Sensor ● Humidity Sensor ● Pressure Sensor - Board Mount ● Sensor IC - Hall-Effect Magnetic Position ● Thermistor or Temperature Sensor | ||
| Spirometer | ● Airflow Sensor ● Pressure Sensor - Board Mount | ||
| Workflow Solutions | ● Barcode Scan Engines | ● Barcode Decoding Software | |
| Wound Therapy | ● Pressure Sensor - Board Mount | ||
| WELL NEWBORN NURSERY | |||
| Infant Incubator | ● Humidity Sensor ● Thermistor or Temperature Sensor |
Warranty/Remedy
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