Development of a healthcare monitoring system based on pulse wave analysis

Author

Kameda, Y. ; Fukumi, M. ; Kashihara, K.

Author_Institution

Grad. Sch. of Adv. Technol. & Sci., Univ. of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan

fYear

2014

fDate

7-10 Oct. 2014

Firstpage

44

Lastpage

46

Abstract

It is important to assess blood vessel conditions of our daily life. We, therefore, developed a reasonable healthcare monitoring system with pulse wave analysis. Filter circuits were carefully designed to carry out the detailed pulse wave analysis, considering a possibility of smartphone or tablet applications. The proposed analyzer can predict arterial states and stiffness. The healthcare system was evaluated by monitoring pulse waves in real time during hypoxia. The user interface with compatible software could be easily applied to mobile healthcare devices.

Keywords

biomechanics; blood vessels; filtering theory; health care; medical signal processing; patient monitoring; photoplethysmography; signal sampling; user interfaces; arterial states; blood vessel conditions; filter circuits; healthcare monitoring system; healthcare system; hypoxia; mobile healthcare devices; pulse wave analysis; smart phone applications; stiffness; tablet applications; user interface; Band-pass filters; Blood vessels; Diseases; Monitoring; Software; User interfaces; analog filter; circuit design; home healthcare; pulse wave; user interface;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Consumer Electronics (GCCE), 2014 IEEE 3rd Global Conference on

Conference_Location

Tokyo

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GCCE.2014.7031321

Filename

7031321