TY - GEN
T1 - Estimation of the optimal maintenance frequency of medical devices
T2 - 7th Latin American Congress on Biomedical Engineering, CLAIB 2016
AU - Cruz, Antonio Miguel
AU - Dueñas, William Ricardo Rodriguez
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2017.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - This paper aims to implement and validate a Monte Carlo-based algorithm to determine the optimal interval of preventive maintenance of medical devices. The optimization criterion used was that which maximizes the equipment’s achieved availability. The Monte Carlo algorithm was implemented and tested using maintenance data from infusion pumps, electrocardiographs, and ECG monitors from both primary and secondary data source of information. The performance of the algorithm behaved well; it had a 65-sec response time for 10,000 simulations. The accuracy of the calculations did not exceed 1%. In addition to that, the implementation of the Monte Carlo algorithm was able to determine the better availability curve for the interval of preventive maintenance “tuned” with the mean time to failure for each medical devices population type.
AB - This paper aims to implement and validate a Monte Carlo-based algorithm to determine the optimal interval of preventive maintenance of medical devices. The optimization criterion used was that which maximizes the equipment’s achieved availability. The Monte Carlo algorithm was implemented and tested using maintenance data from infusion pumps, electrocardiographs, and ECG monitors from both primary and secondary data source of information. The performance of the algorithm behaved well; it had a 65-sec response time for 10,000 simulations. The accuracy of the calculations did not exceed 1%. In addition to that, the implementation of the Monte Carlo algorithm was able to determine the better availability curve for the interval of preventive maintenance “tuned” with the mean time to failure for each medical devices population type.
KW - Biomedical engineering
KW - Component: Monte Carlo simulation
KW - Maintenance optmization
KW - Preventive maintenance frequency
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85018447474&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-981-10-4086-3_3
DO - 10.1007/978-981-10-4086-3_3
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85018447474
SN - 9789811040856
T3 - IFMBE Proceedings
SP - 9
EP - 12
BT - 7th Latin American Congress on Biomedical Engineering, CLAIB 2016
A2 - Bustamante, John
A2 - Sierra, Daniel A.
A2 - Torres, Isnardo
PB - Springer Verlag
Y2 - 26 October 2016 through 28 October 2016
ER -