MagIC: a Textile System for Vital Signs Monitoring. Advancement in Design and Embedded Intelligence for Daily Life Applications

Author

Di Rienzo, M. ; Rizzo, F. ; Meriggi, P. ; Castiglioni, P. ; Mazzoleni, P. ; Ferrarin, M. ; Ferratini, M.

Author_Institution

Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Milan

fYear

2007

fDate

22-26 Aug. 2007

Firstpage

3958

Lastpage

3961

Abstract

We recently developed a textile-based system for the unobtrusive assessment of vital signs. The system, named MagIC, was originally designed to collect data in elderly people and cardiac patients while living in a confined environment. Extending the area of application of MagIC from clinics to daily life meant to pay particular attention to the garment design and to the amount of intelligence embedded into the system. In this paper we addressed both these issues by illustrating 1) a new methodology we are developing to help the design of smart garments for daily life applications and 2) an example of embedded intelligence developed for an application of MagIC in ergonomics.

Keywords

biomedical electronics; biosensors; clothing; ergonomics; intelligent sensors; patient monitoring; textiles; MagIC; embedded intelligence; ergonomics; garment design; smart garments; textile system; vital signs monitoring; Biomedical monitoring; Clothing; Electrocardiography; Electrodes; Ergonomics; Senior citizens; Signal design; Stress; Textile fibers; Thorax; Activities of Daily Living; Female; Human Engineering; Humans; Male; Monitoring, Physiologic; Textiles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2007. EMBS 2007. 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Lyon

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0787-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353200

Filename

4353200