UTAS Medical Device Research Group

Medical Device Research Group

... Engineering Innovation

UTAS Medical Device Research Group is a multi-disciplinary research and development group fostering engineering innovation in medical devices. This growing research group focuses on collaborative research with the medical community and industry, and develops medical devices for hospital and home base care and eHealth. Our projects combine creativity with engineering rigour, aiming for outcomes with social benefit and commercial value.

Current Projects

Home Medication Dispenser
(A medication delivery device for aged care and drug dependency patients)

Remote Assessment of Narcotic Intoxication
(Methods and devices for remotely assessing the state of narcotic intoxication of patients)

Internet-based Tele-dosing Software for Home Medication
(Software and methods for remote internet-based monitored dosing of patients)

Automated Oxygen Blending Control
(A device for automating the regulation of oxygen blending for delivery to preterm infants)

Lung Modelling
(Modelling the time-dependent behaviour of the lung)

Past Projects

Implantable Blood Flow sensing
(developing implantable sensing technology for providing continuous measurement of cardiac output in chronically ill cardiac patients)

Key Staff

UTAS
Dr Tim Gale (Leader)
Dr Phi Phan (Research Fellow)

Collaborators
Dr Clive Stack (Humanitas)
Assoc. Prof. Peter Dargaville (Royal Hobart Hospital)
Assoc. Prof. Paul Turner (UTAS eHealth Services Research Group)

Postgraduates
Mr Sushil Patil
Mr Vien Ho
Mr Aman Bajracharya
Mr Caillin Eastwood-Sutherland
Mr Cal Gerard

Past Postgraduates
Dr Simon Locke
Dr Chanchai Thaijiam

Technical Staff
Mr Bernard Chenery (Electronics)
Mr Andrew Bylett (Mechanical)

Postgraduate Opportunities

Postgraduate opportunities (Masters and PhD) may be available for suitable candidates.

Publications

Ho, QV and Gale, TJ and Stack, CR, ‘Medication dispenser for narcotic rehabilitation patients’, EMBS 2009. 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE, (In-press) (2009)

Thaijiam, C, and Gale, T.J., “Optimization of Right Ventricular Conductance Catheter Configurations Using Finite Element Modeling and Direct Search Algorithms,” International Journal of Applied Biomedical Engineering, 1(1) 20-26 (2008)

Thaijiam, C, and Gale, T.J., “The Effect of Myocardial Anisotropy on Volume Measurement Using Conductance Catheter Techniques in the Right Ventricle,” ANZIAM Journal, 49 C733-C748 (2008)

Bajracharya, A and Gale, TJ and Stack, CR and Turner, P, ‘3.5G based mobile remote monitoring System’, Proceedings of 30th IEEE EMB, 20-24 Aug, 2008, Vancouver, Canada, pp. 783-786. ISBN 978-1-4244-1815-2 (2008)

Patil, SG and Gale, TJ and Clive, CR*, ‘A test for the Assessment of Reaction Time for Narcotic Rehabilitation Patients’, IFMBE Proceedings, 3-6 December 2008, Singapore, pp. 769-773. ISBN 978-3-540-92840-9 (2008)

Patil, SG and Gale, TJ and Stack, CR, ‘Design of novel assessment techniques for opioid dependent patients’, Proceedings of 29th annual international conference of the IEEE engineering in medicine and biology society, 23-26 Aug 2007, Lyon, France, pp. 1-4. ISBN 1-4244-0788-5 (2007)

Thaijiam, C and Gale, TJ, ‘Investigation of Catheter Curvature and Genetic Algorithms in Conductance Catheter Optimization’, Proceedings of 29th annual international conference of the IEEE engineering in medicine and biology society, 23-26 Aug 2007, Lyon, France, pp. 2195-2198. ISBN 1-4244-0788-5 (2007)

Thaijiam, C and Gale, TJ, ‘Optimization of Right Ventricular Conductance Catheter Configurations Using Finite Element Modeling and Direct Search Algorithms’, Proceedings of 1st Symposium on Thai Biomedical Engineering, 2007, Thailand, pp. 201-205. (2007)

Patil, SG, Gale, TJ, ‘Preliminary design of remotely used and monitored medication dispenser’, Proceedings of 28th Annual international conference of IEEE engineering in medicine and biology society, New York city, USA, 3616-3619 (2006)

Thaijiam, C, Gale, TJ, ‘Studies of single and dual excitation using conductance catheter techniques’, Preceedings of the fourth IASTED International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, Innsbruck, Austria, 294-299 (2006)

Thaijiam, C, Gale, TJ, ‘The effect of Fiber Orientation on volume measurement using conductance catheter techniques’, Proceedings of 28th Annual international conference of IEEE engineering in medicine and biology society, New York city, USA, 5981-5984 (2006)

Thaijiam, C, Gale, TJ, ‘Analytical and Numerical Studies of Volume Measurement using Conductance Catheter Techniques’, CD-Proceedings of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC'05), Shanghai, China, 792.1-4 (2005)

Locke, SE, Gale, TJ, Kilpatrick, D, ‘Implantable Blood Flow Measurement Techniques for Humans’, CD-Proceedings of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC'05), Shanghai, China, 1615.1-4 (2005)

Locke, SE, Gale, TJ, Kilpatrick, D, ‘Development of an Implantable Blood Flow and Pressure Monitor for Pulmonary Hypertension’, CD - Proceedings of Computers in Cardiology 2004 International Conference, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 713-716 (2004)

Locke, SE, Gale, TJ, Kilpatrick, D, ‘Impedance Measurement Using the Four Electrode Technique’, CD - Proceedings ofthe Second IASTED International Conference on Biomechanical Engineering, Innsbruck, Austria, 594-597 (2004)

Dr Tim Gale

School of Engineering

University of Tasmania

Private Bag 65

Hobart TAS 7001, Australia

Phone: +61 3 6226 2753

Fax: +61 3 6226 7247

E-mail: T.Gale@utas.edu.au

School of Engineering