OHSU University Shared Resources

Electronics and Instrument Design Core Resource

We are an OHSU core resource for engineering help when you need:

    -  Electronic instrument design and fabrication for research projects

    -  Consultation on instrumentation problems for research or for patient care

    -  Instrumentation planning for proposal development, prototype equipment for pilot studies

    -  Design skills in:  analog electronics, computer interfacing, embedded controllers,

        software, optics, circuit board layout, instrument fabrication

Example project: MedTracker medication monitor, OHSU BME & Neurology.

Experimental device to track medication compliance for elders. Designed and fabricated at OHSU, it uses a PIC microcontroller and Bluetooth wireless data link.  Results from a MedTracker pilot study helped us receive a large NIH grant (Jeff Kaye, Tamara Hayes).  The MedTracker is now being installed in 200 homes nationwide as part of a four year field study.  Exterior and interior views of  the OHSU MedTracker:

Example small consulting projects:

-  Emergency  repair to custom research electronics.  Mary Heinricher, Neurosurgery.

-  Pulse circuit and high power LED for vision research.  Brett Jeffrey, Primate Center & Casey.

-  MRI compatible subject response box.  Mathew Snodgrass, Mike Nettleingham, Advanced Imaging Research Center. 

Further examples of  large projects

Further examples of  small consulting projects

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