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Boringa, Marijn (author), van Erp, Job (author), Ploumen, Corné (author)Over the years, care givers in nursing homes have seen their workload gradually increase. With no end of this trend in sight, the need for smart support systems increases. Especially systems which decrease the time spent on menial tasks are valued highly, because this frees more time for high quality and personal care.<br/>To achieve this, Momo...bachelor thesis 2022
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Bennebroek, Arthur (author), Ramezani, Shayan (author)To make open door policies easier in nursing homes, it is important to have a smart system that can check whether access is allowed for the person trying to enter some place or not. This thesis documents how an access control system has been built, for Momo Medical, to be used at a nursing home. It sheds light on hardware considerations made and...bachelor thesis 2022
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Tesselaar, Izaka (author)Introduction – Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in the world with one in three succumbing to the disease. The most common cardiovascular disease is coronary artery disease, caused by atherosclerosis resulting in a build-up of plaque within the arteries. This plaque can progress into a vulnerable plaque, which has been...master thesis 2022
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Younis, Rami (author)Power electronics are an important technology used to convert electricity from a source like a battery or high voltage DC bus to more usable forms of electricity. This has to be done efficiently, reliably and without failures which is critical in applications like electric cars or datacenters. Power MOSFETs with upcoming SiC and GaN devices are...master thesis 2022
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Rietveld, Jasper (author)Capacitive, interdigital sensors in proximity of a PASiC thin film have been proposed as a cheap, robust alternative to existing ammonia sensing technologies. However, although prototype sensors have been manufactured, investigation into the working principles of this class of ammonia sensors is limited. This work aims to analyse the electrode...master thesis 2022
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Narang, Sushant (author)Recently, data breaches have been increasing in many organisations, causing a spotlight to be put on the security practices such as 2 Factor Authentication(2FA) technology and the methods used to protect cyberspace. This has resulted in an opportunity for passwordless authentication technologies. Biloq is an early stage venture which aims to...master thesis 2022
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Zijlmans, Maarten (author)Despite prostate cancer being the most prevalent type of cancer among males above the age of 55, nationalscreening programs are not conducted because of the high rate of false positives this would bring. This thesisintroduces surface acoustic wave sensors into the field of prostate cancer diagnosis which has the potential tomeasure the...master thesis 2021
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Shinde, Tejal (author)Paper strip analyzer or a medical strip reader is a low-cost Paper-based Analytical Device (PAD) that is easy-to-use and widely accepted Point-Of-Care (POC) alternative to the relatively complex and expensive ELISA (Enzyme-linked ImmunoSorbent Assay) tests. These devices are used for determining the chemical concentrations (pH, glucose, protein,...master thesis 2021
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del Río García, LUIS (author)Sweat analysis has the potential to become a new method in the wearable monitoring technology market by providing new and more precise physiological parameters. The need for more accurate sweat sensors has not allowed setting a correlation between sweat constituents and a person's health status. The development of this research field could lead...master thesis 2021
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Kortekaas, Fabian (author)Nowadays, Dopple's wireless earphones have touch buttons as a user inter-<br/>face, however these take in quite some physical space. Since the earphones<br/>are becoming smaller over the years, there is a need for a new type of touch-<br/>less user interface, that is smaller. In order to create that new user interface,<br/>research is done on...master thesis 2021
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Lopez Hidalgo, Jose (author)Every year, nearly five million people undergo knee, making it one of the most common orthopaedic procedures. Sport-related injuries and age-related diseases are the major causes that lead to a knee operation. To recover mobility, stability and muscle strength, the person must go through a post-surgical rehabilitation program.<br/>The price of...master thesis 2021
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Krijgsman, Marina (author)Patients with a Fontan circulation have a diminished life expectancy of only 30-40 years old. A mechanical circulatory assist device can potentially increase their life expectancy and quality of life. Given the complexity of the anatomy and physiology of the Fontan circulation, design of a safe and effective mechanical assist device is a...master thesis 2021
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Vriesendorp, Maurits (author)Myocardial ischaemia induced by cardioplegia is the most prominent risk during open-heart surgery. To achieve adequate protection of the cardiomyocytes during surgery, the cardioplegia must arrive at all cardiomyocytes. Local obstruction can lead to regional ischaemia. For surgeons and perfusionist, the arrested heart is a black box. They know...master thesis 2021
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MIRALLES ABETE, ALBERTO (author)Cochlear implants (CIs) are the most effective solution to treat severe-to-profound hearing loss. These medical devices mimic and replace the function of the damaged structures of the cochlea. To this date, more than 700,000 individuals worldwide have benefited from CIs. However, state-of-the-art CIs do not provide a natural and high-quality...master thesis 2021
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van 't Hul, Luca (author)The Fontan circulation is the final stage of surgical palliation for children born with congenital heart defect with a single ventricle. Currently, the most used procedure to complete the Fontan circulation is the Extracardiac Total Cavopulmonary connection and is performed when the patient is at an age of 3-5 years old. In this procedure, a...master thesis 2021
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Schonk, Victor (author), Simón Sabsay, Raquel (author)This report details research, design, and implementation of a distance measuring subsystem for a pre existing patient monitoring platform. This platform is used to monitor vitals and the general situation regarding the elderly, people in care facilities, and babies in NICU’s (Neonatal Intensive Care Units). Every monitoring unit contains a GPS,...bachelor thesis 2021
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Bosma, Hendrik (author), Tansuğ, Ege (author), Breedveld, Patrick (author)This thesis describes the design and implementation of a subsystem within a larger medical monitoring system. This subsystem will make bidirectional audio communication possible between a patient and their caregivers or family members. The patient in question can be premature babies that have to stay inside of incubators and elderly people that...bachelor thesis 2021
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Koopman, Kevin (author), de Peinder, Jelle (author)The company invented a product that can monitor vulnerable people. It is important that they know exactly where their products are located. If a situation occurred where a vulnerable person needs immediate help, first responders can use the knowledge of the location to get to the patient as fast as possible. This thesis investigates if a modular...bachelor thesis 2021
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Fijneman, Mark (author), Chin-On, Maxim (author), Yousef, bnGabriel (author)This report details the software part of the development process of the eNose technology. The technology is posed by Momo Medical. Momo Medical is a start-up company located in Delft, it provides and develops non-intrusive monitoring systems in the nursing sector. The project is the next step in an already existing product: BedSense. BedSense...bachelor thesis 2021
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van Damme, Niels (author), Stijns, Daniel (author), Fakkel, Stein (author)This document reports details the development of a solid stool detection system. On behalf of Momo Medical - a TU Delft-based startup company - a device for detecting defecates by elderly people has been designed. The goal of the detection system is to detect solid stools by elderly patients wearing a diaper and to notify the nurses in a nursing...bachelor thesis 2021