Monitoring of Needle-placement With Multiple Frequency Bioimpedance Monitoring

University of Oslo (UIO)

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Electric Impedance; Tissues; Hypodermic Needles; Human; Nerve

Treatments: Other: Needle placement in different tissue types

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02589899

impedance monitoring 1/2015

Details and patient eligibility

About

A novel algorithm for bioimpedance measurements to detect nerve tissue, and discriminate it from other tissue types has been developed in a porcine model, by analysing a complex impedance dataset based on multiple measurement frequencies. It must now be confirm that the previous results are applicable in humans. Measurements from 24 predefined needle positions will be obtained in 16 of the 32 volunteers that are included in the study (part A). A new algorithm to detect nerve tissue will be developed based on these measurement results. Further impedance algorithms will be developed for other tissue type. The efficacy of the algorithms (sensitivity and specificity) will be evaluated in the 16 following volunteers (part B).

Enrollment: 32 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age ≥ 18 years
• American society of anaesthesiologists score (ASA) 1 or 2
• Volunteers that have given informed written consent

Exclusion criteria

• Volunteers that cannot cooperate for the examination
• Volunteers with neurologic disease, nerve- or vascular impairment
• ASA > 2

Trial design

32 participants in 1 patient group

Needle placement in different tissue types

Description:

Needle placement and impedance measurements in different tissue types

Treatment:

Other: Needle placement in different tissue types