Physiological monitoring systems attached to the bed and sanitary equipments

Author

Togawa, Tatsuo ; Tamura, Takuya ; Zhou, Jianxin ; Mizukami, Hiroshi ; Ishijima, Masayuki

Author_Institution

Inst. for Med. & Dental Eng., Tokyo Med. & Dental Univ., Japan

fYear

1989

fDate

9-12 Nov 1989

Firstpage

1461

Abstract

The possibility of attaching measurement systems to the bed and sanitary equipments in order to monitor physiological functions in daily life is examined. Preliminary experiments revealed that (1) information about body temperature and body movement during sleep can be obtained from temperature recordings in the bed, (2) electrocardiograms (ECGs) can be recorded in a bathtub through the tap water and (3) heart rate can be estimated by ECGs obtained on the toilet seat

Keywords

biomedical equipment; patient monitoring; physiology; bathtub; bed; body movement; body temperature; electrocardiograms; measurement systems; physiological monitoring systems; sanitary equipment; sleep; temperature recordings; toilet seat; Biomedical engineering; Biomedical measurements; Biomedical monitoring; Dentistry; Electrocardiography; Electrodes; Joining processes; Medical diagnostic imaging; Sanitary engineering; Temperature sensors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1989. Images of the Twenty-First Century., Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1989.96289

Filename

96289