San Diego—It’s possible to jury-rig a train-of-four (TOF) monitor armed only with your phone, according to a team of researchers at the University of Minnesota.
The investigators developed an iPhone app for the assessment of neuromuscular blockade, which they said yields comparable results to a commercial accelerometry device.
“As many people know, the iPhone has a built-in accelerometer chip, which is used in a variety of ways,” said lead author Ratan K. Banik, MD, PhD,