Implementation of a Prototype of an Electronic Device for Measuring Lead Calculation in Blood

Rodriguez-Villarreal K.J.; Huamani-Huaracca A.A.; Cardenas-Pineda L.; Ramos-Cosi S.; Alva-Mantari A. · International Journal of Online and Biomedical Engineering (2024) · DOI: 10.3991/ijoe.v20i16.52861

Resumen

Lead, a vital but dangerous industrial metal, poses serious health risks. Exposure, especially in mining and industrial areas, has led to alarming statistics; in Mexico, 21.8% of children have elevated blood lead levels, while in Cuba, 58% of exposed workers exhibit signs of poisoning. In Huacho, Peru, 71.4% of the population has high levels of lead, attributable to the mining industry. Globally, lead is estimated to contribute to 0.6% of the disease burden and cause approximately 143,000 deaths annually, with more than 600,000 children under the age of five dying from it. Traditional methods are expensive and time-consuming. That is why a low-cost portable device is proposed, developed with technology such as Matlab and Arduino, which uses anodic voltammetry to measure blood lead concentrations. Although requiring improvements, this device has the potential to significantly improve the monitoring and prevention of lead-related diseases, providing accurate and rapid results to protect public health where the reading of the presence of lead in the blood was achieved.

Instituciones: Universidad Nacional de Huancavelica; Universidad de Ciencias y Humanidades