This thesis deals with the design and realization of a prototype of non-invasive blood pressure monitor based on the principle of Korotkoff sound detection. The design compares this method of measuring blood pressure with other methods. This design of an automated measuring system, which is controlled by a microprocessor, utilizes the scanning of Korotkoff sounds with an electret microphone placed in the cuff. The microphone signal is then amplified, filtered and adjusted for evaluation. The prototype uses processor-controlled inflation by the compressor and deflation of the cuff by a valve that is open without applied voltage.

Introduktion: Blodtryck är en livsviktig funktion som bidrar till syretillförseln till kroppens olika organ. Blodtryck går att mäta och är en viktig indikation på det kardiovaskulära systemets funktion. Det finns olika metoder att mäta blodtryck, bland annat auskultatoriskt, automatiskt och med hjälp av Dopplerteknik. Syftet var att jämföra de tre olika metoderna för att se om det förelåg en signifikant skillnad mellan metoderna.   Material och metod: Studien bestod av 30 deltagare. Studiedeltagaren vilade i tio minuter före första blodtrycksmätningen, därefter mättes deras blodtryck i en slumpad ordning med auskultatorisk, automatisk och med Dopplermetod. För att kontrollera om det förelåg en statistisk signifikant skillnad användes en variansanalys (ANOVA) och ett parat t-test.   Resultat och slutats: Det förelåg ingen signifikant skillnad mellan de systoliska blodtrycken. Däremot mellan de diastoliska trycken registrerat med den auskultatoriska och automatiska metoden förelåg det en signifikant skillnad, men den anses inte ha en klinisk betydelse. / Introduction: Blood pressure is a vital function that contributes to the supply of oxygen to the body’s various organs. Blood pressure can be measured and is an important indicator of the cardiovascular system function. There are different methods to measure blood pressure, these are, for example auscultatory, automatic and with the help of a Doppler technique. The aim was to compare the three different methods and see if there was a significant difference between them.   Material and method: The study consisted of 30 participants. The participant rested for ten minutes before the first examination and then their blood pressure was measured in a random order by the three methods: auscultatory, automatic and the Doppler method. To process the collected data an analysis of variance test (ANOVA) and a paired t-test were used.   Results and conclusion: There were no significant difference between the systolic blood pressures. In contrast, there was a difference between the diastolic blood pressures registered with the auscultatory and automatic methods, but this was not considered to be of clinical significance.

The sustainable future in our already electrified world includes solar power generation, battery storage, and electric vehicles all which requires DC systems. DC breakers play a key role in operation and protection within the DC system. Current interruption in DC systems is more challenging than in AC systems due to the absence of natural zero crossing. Some existing interruption techniques are current injection, the use of semiconductors, and arc voltage increase. This thesis project investigates how ventilation geometry, radius, and current level affect the pressure and counterforce in a cylindrical design of a current interruption device based on arc squeezing technology that uses polymer ablation to increase the arc voltage. The purpose is to collect useful data for future product development in this relatively new technology area. The project consists of a pre-study about arc interruption, polymer ablation, and test circuit theory, the test object design phase, the experiments, and this report. The results experiments show that ventilation at the center of the cylindrical arc chamber reduces the pressure by three times compare to a non-ventilated center at the highest test current level. The radius variations did not affect the pressure, it was however seen that the thicker tube, with a higher mass, had a lower initial speed and a slightly higher counterforce. The pressure measurement implemented in the design allow for an additional quantity to analyze in relation to the previously available quantities. Further testing with other design parameter variations such as the length of the stroke, or size of the ventilation holes is the next step for future work. / Dagens samhälle strävar mot en hållbar framtid där elektrifiering är en stor del. Redan idag finns lösningar så som förnybara energikällor till exempel solenergi, smarta energilagringslösningar bland annat batterilager och elbilar. Fler och fler av dessa system är baserade på likström. Oavsett system är säkerhet, pålitlighet och manövrering av högsta prioritet. Systemen kräver strömbrytare som är säkra och effektiva. Likström är svårare att bryta jämfört med växelström som majoriteten av dagens apparater och system använder. Anledningen är att likströmmen saknar den naturliga nollgenomgången som växelströmmen har. Nollgenomgången måste skapas aktivt genom att exempelvis injicera ström, använda halvledare eller öka ljusbågsspänningen. Det här examensarbetet täcker en parameterstudie av hur ventilationsgeometrin och radien påverkar trycket och motkraften i en cylinderformad strömbrytare som använder sig av ljusbågssläckning skapad av ablerande polymermaterial som ökar ljusbågsspänningen. Syftet med studien är att samla in användbar data för framtida produktutveckling inom denna relativt nya brytningsteknik. Examensarbetet består av en förstudie om ljusbågsbrytning, polymerablation and provkretsteori, en designfas, en serie experiment och slutligen denna rapport. Resultaten från experimenten visar att ventilation av ljusbågskammarens centrum minskar trycket som byggs upp emellan kammaren och tuben. För den högsta testströmnivån är skillnaden tre gånger så högt tryck för ett oventilerat centrum jämfört med ett ventilerat centrum. Radien, och därmed tjockleken av tuben, har ingen tydlig påverkan på tryckuppbyggnaden i ljusbågskammaren. Däremot påverkar tjockleken vikten av tuben som i sin tur påverkar hastigheten tuben förs in i kammaren med. En tjockare tub har en lägre initial hastighet och även en något högre motkraft. Den implementerade tryckmätningen öppnar upp för ytterligare en mätstorhet att analysera och relatera till övriga tidigare mätta storheter. Framtida studier inom området är att variera andra parametrar så som tubens slaglängd and storleken på ventilationshålen.

[pt] Os procedimentos de calibração de transdutores piezoelétricos, abordados pela base normativa de ensaios de munições leves, carecem de detalhes cruciais para assegurar a confiabilidade metrológica nas medições de pressão transiente dessas munições leves. Diante deste fato, cabe aos laboratórios, como requisito para a acreditação segundo a norma ISO/IEC 17025:2017, comprovarem a eficácia dos métodos empregados, sobretudo nas calibrações, o que motivou a realização do estudo. A abordagem metodológica baseou-se em pesquisas bibliográficas, documentais, experimentais e de laboratório, visando a coleta de dados conforme as etapas de avaliação dos métodos de calibração. Inicialmente realizou-se a avaliação de certificados de calibração de transdutores piezoelétricos, estudando, sobretudo, as características da regressão linear adotada pela base normativa nos procedimentos de calibração. Nesta etapa, a pesquisa propôs a adoção da incerteza do ajuste como parâmetro principal de avaliação de transdutores piezoelétricos, mostrando sua viabilidade em relação ao erro de linearidade. Em seguida, foi realizada a caracterização e modelagem da cadeia de medição de pressão transiente, composta por transdutor piezoelétrico e amplificador de carga. A modelagem permitiu a simulação de diferentes metodologias de calibração, resultando na previsão de erros, e proporcionando a avaliação da influência do amplificador de carga nas medições de pressão transiente. Por último, foram comparadas duas metodologias distintas de calibração, destacando a importância de sistemas automatizados de calibração para maior confiabilidade metrológica. / [en] The calibration procedures of piezoelectric transducers, addressed by the normative basis of small arms ammunition testing, lack crucial details to ensure metrological reliability in the transient pressure measurements of these small arms munitions. In view of this fact, it is up to the laboratories, as a requirement for accreditation according to ISO/IEC 17025:2017 standard, to prove the effectiveness of the methods used, especially in calibrations, which motivated the study. The methodological approach was based on bibliographic, documentary, experimental and laboratory research, aiming at data collection according to the stages of evaluation of calibration methods. Initially, the evaluation of calibration certificates of piezoelectric transducers was carried out, studying, above all, the characteristics of the linear regression adopted by the normative basis in the calibration procedures. At this stage, the research proposed the adoption of fit uncertainty as the main parameter for the evaluation of piezoelectric transducers, showing their feasibility in relation to linearity error. Then, the characterization and modeling of the transient pressure measurement chain, composed of a piezoelectric transducer and a charge amplifier, was performed. The modeling allowed the simulation of different calibration methodologies, resulting in the prediction of errors, and providing the evaluation of the influence of the charge amplifier on transient pressure measurements. Finally, two different calibration methodologies were compared, highlighting the importance of automated calibration systems for greater metrological reliability.

Hypersonic flow is both fascinating and intriguing mainly because of presence of strong entropy and viscous interactions in the flow field. Notwithstanding the tremendous advancements in numerical modeling in the last decade separated hypersonic flow still remains an area where considerable differences are observed between experiments and numerical results. Lack of reliable data base of surface static pressures with good spatial resolution in hypersonic separated flow field is one of the main motivations for the present study. The experiments in hypersonic shock tunnels has an advantage compared to wind tunnels for simulating the total energy content of the flow in addition to the Mach and Reynolds numbers. However the useful test time in shock tunnels is of the order of few milliseconds. Hence in shock tunnel experiments it is essential to have pressure measurement devices which has special features such as small in size, faster response time and the sensors in array form with improved spatial resolutions. Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) is an emerging technology, which holds lot of promise in these types of applications. In view of the above requirement, MEMS based pressure sensor array was developed to measure the static pressure distribution. The study is comprised of two parts: one is on the development of MEMS based pressure sensor array, which can be used for hypersonic application and other is on experimental static pressure measurement using MEMS based sensors in separated hypersonic flow over a backward facing step model. Initially a static pressure sensor array with 25 sensors was developed. The static calibration of sensor array was carried out to characterize the sensor array for various characteristic parameters. The preliminary experimental study with cluster of 25 MEMS sensor array mounted on the flat plate did not provide reliable and repeatable results, but gave valuable inputs on the typical problems of using MEMS sensors in short duration hypersonic ground test facilities like shock tunnels. Incidentally, to the best of our knowledge this is first report on use of MEMS based pressure sensors in hypersonic shock tunnel. Later cluster of 5 sensor array was developed with improved electronic packaging and surface finish. The experiments were conducted with flat plate by mounting 5 sensor array shows good agreement in static pressure measurement compared with standard sensors. In the second part of the study a backward facing step model, which simulates the typical gasdynamic flow features associated with hypersonic flow separation is designed. Backward facing step model with step height of 3 mm was mounted with sensor array along the length of model. Just after the step, static pressure measurements were carried out with MEMS sensors. It is important to note that, in the space available in backward facing step model we could mount only one conventional Kulite pressure transducer. The experiments were conducted at Mach number of 6.3 and at stagnation enthalpy of 1.5 MJ/kg in hypersonic shock tunnel (HST-5) at IISc. Based on the static pressure measurement on backward facing step, the location of separation and reattachment points were clearly identified. The static pressure values show that reattachment of flow takes place at about 7 step heights. Numerical simulations were carried out using commercial CFD code, FLUENT for flat plate and backward facing step models to compliment the experiments. The experimental tests results match well with the illustrative numerical simulations results.

Le Disjoncteur Basse-Tension (DBT) est un appareil classique de la distribution électrique depuis plus de cinquante ans. Mais aujourd'hui, avec l'arrivée de produits bas-coût fabriqués dans les pays émergents, les industriels sont soumis à une forte pression pour développer de nouveaux systèmes moins encombrants, utilisant d'autres matériaux, ou incorporant davantage de fonctionnalités. Cette recherche est très compliquée dans la mesure où le DBT est un système hautement multi-physique (mécanique, thermique, physique des matériaux, physique des plasmas, ...). De fait, le développement de nouveaux produits passe par un processus empirique long et coûteux. Cet effort pourrait être réduit par l'utilisation de modèles prédictifs permettant d'arriver plus vite à un système fonctionnel. De nos jours, avec l'augmentation des moyens de résolution numérique, de plus en plus de travaux portent sur la description multi-physique en 3D du DBT et notamment sur la chambre de coupure ou l'arc électrique est amorcé, se déplace et doit être éteint, l'objet de nôtre étude. Le travail de cette thèse se divise en deux axes complémentaires : le développement d'un modèle fluide 3D en méthode des volumes finis simulant l'arc électrique et son déplacement dans la chambre de coupure; ainsi que la mise en place d'un dispositif expérimental permettant d'analyser le phénomène physique en œuvre. Pour ces deux points la problématique est abordée dans une configuration simplifiée de DBT où l'arc se déplace entre deux rails parallèles dans une chambre parallélépipédique. Basé sur le savoir-faire du groupe AEPPT, un modèle numérique est établi pour simuler le plasma thermique. Les particularités de ce modèle, du fait de l'application, sont la nécessité d'une résolution précise du champ magnétique en utilisant le calcul de Biot & Savart pour les conditions limites ainsi que l'utilisation de méthodes permettant le déplacement et la commutation de l'arc. La validation de ce modèle se fera à géométrie similaire par confrontation avec l'expérience. En s'inspirant de précédents travaux nous avons réalisé une maquette expérimentale composée d'un réacteur faisant office de chambre de coupure et d'un mécanisme permettant l'amorçage de l'arc dans le réacteur par ouverture rotative du contact à vitesse contrôlée. D'autres paramètres modifiables sont la taille du réacteur ainsi que les matériaux qui le constituent. Les diagnostiques disponibles en plus de la mesure de courant et de tension sont l'imagerie rapide et la mesure de pression en différents points de la chambre de coupure. Notre expérience est utile pour la réalisation d'études paramétriques en découplant facilement les paramètres. En outre, par la mise en évidence des phénomènes prépondérants, notre maquette aide à la mise en place du modèle en plus de permettre sa validation expérimentale. Cette thèse est donc une étape cruciale vers la mise en place d'un modèle prédictif. / Low-Voltage Circuit Breakers (LVCB) are classical apparatuses of electrical distribution since more than fifty years. But nowadays, with the outbreak of low-cost products from the developing countries, industry is under a strong stress in order to improve their devices by making them more compact, using different materials or to implement new functionalities. This research is harsh since LVCB are highly multiphysics systems (mechanics, thermal properties, materials, plasma physics, ...). Therefore, developing new products goes through a long and expensive empirical process. Those efforts could be reduced by using predictive models allowing to get faster to a functional device. With the improvements of the numerical solution capacity, there are more and more works toward the 3D multiphysical description of the LVCB, especially on the extinction chamber where the electrical arc is ignited, moved and must be quenched. This is the subject of our work. The study described here is divided in two complementary parts: development of a 3D fluid model with finite volume method simulating the electrical arc and its movement inside the arc extinction chamber; and the set-up of experimental means to analyse this physical phenomenon. For those two points, we use a simplified LVCB configuration with an arc moving between two parallel rails inside a rectangular box chamber. Based on AEPPT's know-how, a numerical model is established to simulate thermal plasma. Particularities on this model, due to the application, are the resolution of Biot&Savart law to calculate precisely the magnetic field for the boundary condition and the development of methods to model the arc roots movement and commutation of the arc from the moving contact to the rail. Validation of this model will be done with the same geometry by confrontation with the experiment. Inspired by precedent works we designed a test apparatus with a reactor representing the extinction chamber of the LVCB and an opening mechanism allowing arc ignition by contact opening at a specified speed. Other parameters such as size of the chamber and materials can be modified. Measurements will include high speed imaging and pressure acquisition in several points of the reactor in addition to the classical current and voltage measurements. This experiment is useful for parametric studies with its easy uncoupling of the parameters. Moreover, by highlighting the dominating phenomena for arc movement, this set-up helps in the build-up of the model over and above the experimental validation.

Capes / Nos pacientes neonatais e pediátricos internados em unidade de terapia intensiva, a monitorização do dióxido de carbono tem grande importância clínica durante a ventilação mecânica invasiva no ajuste dos parâmetros ventilatórios e na detecção de complicações relacionadas à ventilação. O objetivo principal deste estudo é investigar a correlação e o nível de concordância entre a pressão final de dióxido de carbono exalado (PetCO2) e a pressão parcial de dióxido de carbono arterial (PaCO2) em pacientes no período pós-operatório de cirurgia cardíaca, verificando a relação entre ambos os métodos em dois grupos de acordo com a temperatura corporal e as complicações pulmonares associadas. No total, 74 pacientes participaram do grupo 1, com 110 mensurações de PetCO2, PaCO2 medida a 37 °C e corrigida pela temperatura real do paciente. Para toda a amostra, a correlação foi mais significativa com a PaCO2 corrigida (r = 0,92) do que com a medida (r = 0,78), durante todo o período do estudo. A diferença média entre PaCO2 medida e PetCO2 foi 4,42 mmHg e aumentou significativamente durante a instabilidade térmica, enquanto para PaCO2 corrigida a diferença média foi de 1,12 mmHg e permaneceu baixa mesmo durante hipo ou hipertermia. Os resultados obtidos para os 246 pares de PetCO2 e PaCO2 analisados em 42 pacientes ventilados de acordo com o grupo 2, mostraram que os dois métodos foram altamente correlacionados (r = 0,94) e manteve-se elevado mesmo em pacientes com complicações respiratórias. A diferença média entre as mensurações de ambos os métodos foi de -0,71 mmHg e os valores de PetCO2 estavam dentro de 2 mmHg da correspondente PaCO2 em 80,49% das mensurações, indicando uma forte relação. Os resultados deste estudo demonstram que a PetCO2 mensurada pelo capnômetro é tão precisa quanto a PaCO2 mensurada pela gasometria arterial, assim a capnometria pode ser considerada um método de monitorização indireta e não invasiva da PaCO2 em pacientes de terapia intensiva submetidos à ventilação mecânica. / In neonates and pediatrics patients in intensive care units, monitoring of carbon dioxide has great clinical significance during the invasive mechanical ventilation in the adjustment of ventilatory parameters and detection of complications related to ventilation. The objective of this research is to investigate the correlation and level of agreement between end-tidal carbon dioxide pressure (PetCO2) and the partial pressure of arterial carbon dioxide (PaCO2) in patients in the postoperative period of cardiac surgery, verifying the relationship between both methods in two groups according to body temperature and pulmonary complications. Altogether 74 patients were arranged in the group 1 with 110 measurements of PetCO2, PaCO2 measured at 37 ºC and corrected to the real body temperature of the patient. For the whole sample, the correlation was statistically more significant with corrected PaCO2 (r = 0.92) than with the measured (r = 0.78), throughout the study period. The mean difference between measured PaCO2 and PetCO2 was 4.42 mmHg and increased significantly during body temperature instability, while for corrected PaCO2 the mean difference was 1.12 mmHg and remained low even during hypo or hyperthermia. The results for 246 PetCO2 and PaCO2 pairs analyzed in 42 patients ventilated according to group 2, proved that both methods were highly correlated (r = 0.94) and kept elevated even in patients with respiratory complications. The mean difference between the measurements of both methods was -0.71 mmHg and the values of PetCO2 were within 2 mmHg of PaCO2 in 80.49% of the measurements, indicating a high relationship. The results of this study demonstrate that PetCO2 measured by capnometer is as accurate as PaCO2 measured by arterial blood gases, thus the capnometry can be considered an indirect and noninvasive monitoring method of PaCO2 in patients of intensive therapy under mechanical ventilation.

A necessidade da medicina por equipamentos eletrônicos portáteis, menores, confiáveis e baratos favorece o desenvolvimento de técnicas biotelemétricas passivas de monitoração nas aplicações biomédicas invasivas. Nesse trabalho são apresentados o desenvolvimento e o teste de um dispositivo sensor biotelemétrico passivo, que utiliza a tecnologia de identificação por radio freqüência - RFID (Radio Frequency Identification). O dispositivo desenvolvido, comumente chamado como tag, é comporto basicamente por três partes: a arquitetura RFID utilizada para baixa freqüência, a unidade de controle responsável pelo processamento dos dados e a unidade sensora responsável pela monitoração da pressão arterial. Como o tag e passivo, ou seja, não contém baterias, para que seja ativado é necessário um aparelho que faça sua energização e também decodifique os dados por ele transmitidos. Este aparelho que faz a leitura e envia um sinal para ativar o transponder é comumente chamado de leitora. A leitora utilizada neste projeto terá seu firmware adaptado de forma a processar o valor da pressão enviada pelo tag. São abordados neste trabalho tanto a modelagem teórica do sistema quanto a especificação prática dos componentes para os testes de validação. Na modelagem teórica são apresentados os modelos matemáticos comportamentais do sistema. Os resultados obtidos validam a metodologia utilizada para o desenvolvimento de um sensor RFID passivo que tem como finalidade mensurar a pressão arterial. / The need of medicine for portable electronic equipments smallers [sic], reliables [sic] and inexpensive supports the development of biotelemetry techniques passive monitoring in invasive biomedical applications. In this work are presents [sic] the development and testing of a passive biotelemetry sensor device, which uses the technology of Radio Frequency Identification - RFID. The developed device, commonly referred to as the tag, is basically composed of three parts: the RFID architecture used for low frequency, the control unit responsible for data processing and sensor unit responsible for monitoring blood pressure. As the tag is passive i.e. does not contain batteries to activate it, It [sic] is necessary a device that makes its energizing and also decode the data transmitted by it. This device that reads and sends a signal to activate the transponder is commonly called a reader. The reader used in this project will have its firmware adapted to handle the pressure value sent by the tag. This work also presents theoretical modeling of the system and the specification of components for practicing the validation tests. In theoretical modeling are presented mathematical models of system behavior. The results validate the methodology used for the development of passive RFID sensor that aims to measure blood pressure.

Capes / Nos pacientes neonatais e pediátricos internados em unidade de terapia intensiva, a monitorização do dióxido de carbono tem grande importância clínica durante a ventilação mecânica invasiva no ajuste dos parâmetros ventilatórios e na detecção de complicações relacionadas à ventilação. O objetivo principal deste estudo é investigar a correlação e o nível de concordância entre a pressão final de dióxido de carbono exalado (PetCO2) e a pressão parcial de dióxido de carbono arterial (PaCO2) em pacientes no período pós-operatório de cirurgia cardíaca, verificando a relação entre ambos os métodos em dois grupos de acordo com a temperatura corporal e as complicações pulmonares associadas. No total, 74 pacientes participaram do grupo 1, com 110 mensurações de PetCO2, PaCO2 medida a 37 °C e corrigida pela temperatura real do paciente. Para toda a amostra, a correlação foi mais significativa com a PaCO2 corrigida (r = 0,92) do que com a medida (r = 0,78), durante todo o período do estudo. A diferença média entre PaCO2 medida e PetCO2 foi 4,42 mmHg e aumentou significativamente durante a instabilidade térmica, enquanto para PaCO2 corrigida a diferença média foi de 1,12 mmHg e permaneceu baixa mesmo durante hipo ou hipertermia. Os resultados obtidos para os 246 pares de PetCO2 e PaCO2 analisados em 42 pacientes ventilados de acordo com o grupo 2, mostraram que os dois métodos foram altamente correlacionados (r = 0,94) e manteve-se elevado mesmo em pacientes com complicações respiratórias. A diferença média entre as mensurações de ambos os métodos foi de -0,71 mmHg e os valores de PetCO2 estavam dentro de 2 mmHg da correspondente PaCO2 em 80,49% das mensurações, indicando uma forte relação. Os resultados deste estudo demonstram que a PetCO2 mensurada pelo capnômetro é tão precisa quanto a PaCO2 mensurada pela gasometria arterial, assim a capnometria pode ser considerada um método de monitorização indireta e não invasiva da PaCO2 em pacientes de terapia intensiva submetidos à ventilação mecânica. / In neonates and pediatrics patients in intensive care units, monitoring of carbon dioxide has great clinical significance during the invasive mechanical ventilation in the adjustment of ventilatory parameters and detection of complications related to ventilation. The objective of this research is to investigate the correlation and level of agreement between end-tidal carbon dioxide pressure (PetCO2) and the partial pressure of arterial carbon dioxide (PaCO2) in patients in the postoperative period of cardiac surgery, verifying the relationship between both methods in two groups according to body temperature and pulmonary complications. Altogether 74 patients were arranged in the group 1 with 110 measurements of PetCO2, PaCO2 measured at 37 ºC and corrected to the real body temperature of the patient. For the whole sample, the correlation was statistically more significant with corrected PaCO2 (r = 0.92) than with the measured (r = 0.78), throughout the study period. The mean difference between measured PaCO2 and PetCO2 was 4.42 mmHg and increased significantly during body temperature instability, while for corrected PaCO2 the mean difference was 1.12 mmHg and remained low even during hypo or hyperthermia. The results for 246 PetCO2 and PaCO2 pairs analyzed in 42 patients ventilated according to group 2, proved that both methods were highly correlated (r = 0.94) and kept elevated even in patients with respiratory complications. The mean difference between the measurements of both methods was -0.71 mmHg and the values of PetCO2 were within 2 mmHg of PaCO2 in 80.49% of the measurements, indicating a high relationship. The results of this study demonstrate that PetCO2 measured by capnometer is as accurate as PaCO2 measured by arterial blood gases, thus the capnometry can be considered an indirect and noninvasive monitoring method of PaCO2 in patients of intensive therapy under mechanical ventilation.

A necessidade da medicina por equipamentos eletrônicos portáteis, menores, confiáveis e baratos favorece o desenvolvimento de técnicas biotelemétricas passivas de monitoração nas aplicações biomédicas invasivas. Nesse trabalho são apresentados o desenvolvimento e o teste de um dispositivo sensor biotelemétrico passivo, que utiliza a tecnologia de identificação por radio freqüência - RFID (Radio Frequency Identification). O dispositivo desenvolvido, comumente chamado como tag, é comporto basicamente por três partes: a arquitetura RFID utilizada para baixa freqüência, a unidade de controle responsável pelo processamento dos dados e a unidade sensora responsável pela monitoração da pressão arterial. Como o tag e passivo, ou seja, não contém baterias, para que seja ativado é necessário um aparelho que faça sua energização e também decodifique os dados por ele transmitidos. Este aparelho que faz a leitura e envia um sinal para ativar o transponder é comumente chamado de leitora. A leitora utilizada neste projeto terá seu firmware adaptado de forma a processar o valor da pressão enviada pelo tag. São abordados neste trabalho tanto a modelagem teórica do sistema quanto a especificação prática dos componentes para os testes de validação. Na modelagem teórica são apresentados os modelos matemáticos comportamentais do sistema. Os resultados obtidos validam a metodologia utilizada para o desenvolvimento de um sensor RFID passivo que tem como finalidade mensurar a pressão arterial. / The need of medicine for portable electronic equipments smallers [sic], reliables [sic] and inexpensive supports the development of biotelemetry techniques passive monitoring in invasive biomedical applications. In this work are presents [sic] the development and testing of a passive biotelemetry sensor device, which uses the technology of Radio Frequency Identification - RFID. The developed device, commonly referred to as the tag, is basically composed of three parts: the RFID architecture used for low frequency, the control unit responsible for data processing and sensor unit responsible for monitoring blood pressure. As the tag is passive i.e. does not contain batteries to activate it, It [sic] is necessary a device that makes its energizing and also decode the data transmitted by it. This device that reads and sends a signal to activate the transponder is commonly called a reader. The reader used in this project will have its firmware adapted to handle the pressure value sent by the tag. This work also presents theoretical modeling of the system and the specification of components for practicing the validation tests. In theoretical modeling are presented mathematical models of system behavior. The results validate the methodology used for the development of passive RFID sensor that aims to measure blood pressure.