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Laboratory Experience with the IR-TRACC Chest Deflection Transducer
Technical Paper
2002-01-0188
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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In 1998, Rouhana et al. described development of a new device, called the IR-TRACC (InfraRed - Telescoping Rod for Assessment of Chest Compression). In its original concept, the IR-TRACC uses two infrared LEDs inside of a telescoping rod to measure deflection. One LED serves as a light transmitter and the other as a light receiver. The output from the receiver LED is converted to a linear function of chest compression using an analog circuit.
Tests have been performed with IR-TRACC units at various labs around the world since 1998. A first-generation IR-TRACC system was retrofit into a Q3 dummy by TNO. Similarly, a mid sized male Hybrid III dummy thorax and a small female Hybrid III dummy thorax have been designed by First Technology Safety Systems (FTSS) such that each contains 4 second-generation IR-TRACC units. The second-generation IR-TRACC is the result of continued development by FTSS, especially in the areas of the analysis circuit, manufacturing and calibration methods.
This paper presents the results of these efforts with the IR-TRACC and the current state of knowledge relative to its use and usefulness.
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Rouhana, S., Elhagediab, A., Twisk, D., Berliner, J. et al., "Laboratory Experience with the IR-TRACC Chest Deflection Transducer," SAE Technical Paper 2002-01-0188, 2002, https://doi.org/10.4271/2002-01-0188.Also In
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