Sepsis is a condition resulting from the overreaction of the body to an infectious agent and results in millions of deaths worldwide each year. Sepsis has a very short infection-to-mortality time and can be hard to detect and treat before related afflictions become permanent. A device that could quickly and effectively diagnose sepsis could be incredibly beneficial to ensuring proper treatment is given to septic patients. Furthermore, providing alternative methods of testing than the currently used standard would allow for additional in-depth analysis and the possibility of increased diagnostic success. This paper works to therefore describe the design of a prototype, the included tests, and the reason for use in regard to future septic diagnosis.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Harte, Aislinn E.
• Campagna, Courtney E.
• Burley, Darren
• Spiegelhoff, Max A.
• Kelly, Samantha E.

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-051720-142103

Advisor

• Zhang, Haichong
• Page, Raymond L.
• Sabuncu, Ahmet Can

Year

• 2020

Date created

• 2020-05-17

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Mechanical Engineering
• Interdisciplinary
• Biomedical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright