Title :
Radio telemetry of vaginal temperature
Author :
McCreesh, Zita ; Evans, Noel
Author_Institution :
Northern Ireland Bioeng. Centre, Ulster Univ., Jordanstown, UK
Abstract :
A two-part, vaginal, telemetric thermometer is discussed, using low-power UHF radio as the transmission medium. Worn overnight, the telemetry transmitter sends pulse modulated data continuously to a microcontroller in an adjacent receiver where the subject´s temperature is extracted to 0.1°C resolution, and stored for later processing. The propagation characteristics of the radio link and initial measurements pertaining to ovulation indication are presented
Keywords :
biomedical telemetry; biothermics; patient monitoring; radio links; radiotelemetry; thermometers; adjacent receiver; initial measurements; low-power UHF radio; microcontroller; overnight; ovulation indication; propagation characteristics; pulse modulated data; radio link; radio telemetry; resolution; telemetry transmitter; transmission medium; two-part vaginal telemetric thermometer; vaginal temperature; Microcontrollers; Probes; Pulse circuits; Pulse modulation; Radio link; Radio transmitters; Receivers; Receiving antennas; Telemetry; Temperature sensors;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1994. Engineering Advances: New Opportunities for Biomedical Engineers. Proceedings of the 16th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2050-6
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1994.415205
