Bibliographic citations
Baltuano, O., (2019). Desarrollo y evaluación de un analizador compacto de impedancias para aplicaciones médicas y biológicas [Tesis, Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería]. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14076/19697
Baltuano, O., Desarrollo y evaluación de un analizador compacto de impedancias para aplicaciones médicas y biológicas [Tesis]. PE: Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería; 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14076/19697
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title = "Desarrollo y evaluación de un analizador compacto de impedancias para aplicaciones médicas y biológicas",
author = "Baltuano Elías, Oscar Rolando",
publisher = "Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería",
year = "2019"
}
Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) is a powerful analysis tool whose applications are diverse. In biomedical applications, its usefulness has been demonstrated in recent years by the significant increase in the number of investigations and publications carried out. However, despite this and the great potential to carry out research and development of the technique, at the local level, its applications are practically non-existent. Probably, the main limitation to develop this kind of research is the lack of adequate equipment, which usually to be very expensive and complex. This work aims to contribute to the reduction of these limitations by developing and putting into operation a compact impedance spectrometer, with multi-electrode capacity, highly configurable and considerably lower cost compared to similar commercial equipment. Although an instrument of these characteristics has a very wide range of possibilities, for this work the validation and determination of the best conditions to be used specifically in impedance microbiology has been carried out, that is, the characterization of microorganisms through the study of variations in the impedance of the culture medium on which they develop under controlled conditions. The instrument that has been developed can be adapted to the specific conditions of various applications, in addition to allowing its updating, improvement or modernization, its adaptation for the performance of other experiments or the addition of new functionalities. All this without the need to make significant expenses. The equipment has been successfully tested to study first the temporal behavior of the impedance of TSB (Tryptic Soy Broth) medium and the subsequent effect that is produced after the insertion of an E. Coli sample. Likewise, it has also allowed to evaluate the variations in the impedance of the same medium but contaminated with other microorganisms such as sporulated bacilli and environmental coccus. For this, it has been necessary to establish an experimental arrangement and an adequate procedure to guarantee the best results. Details about the procedure and experimental arrangement used are also explained.
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