Wireless E-Jacket for Multiparameter Biophysical Monitoring and Telemedicine Applications

Author

Nag, Sudip ; Sharma, Dinesh K.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Indian Inst. of Technol., Mumbai

fYear

2006

fDate

4-6 Sept. 2006

Firstpage

40

Lastpage

44

Abstract

A widespread requirement exists for a low cost and reliable health monitor in the clinical as well as home environment. The e-jacket presented here is an example of a smart clothing system with multiple bioparameter acquisition of electrocardiogram (ECG), pulse oximetry, body motion/tilt and skin temperature. The battery operated circuit has an integrated graphic liquid crystal display (LCD) screen and a 2.4 GHz wireless link. An RS232 interface provides a plug-in port for easy accessibility to remote telemedicine applications. The system incorporates an efficient ARM7 microcontroller to coordinate a list of software tasks with associated time stamp. Comfort analysis and reliability aspects have been carefully studied along with intelligent power conservation schemes. A low cost and reliable tele-medical network is proposed using an innovative e-textile solution.

Keywords

electrocardiography; health care; oximetry; patient monitoring; power conversion; telemedicine; 2.4 GHz; body motion; body tilt; electrocardiogram; innovative e-textile solution; intelligent power conservation; multiparameter biophysical monitoring; pulse oximetry; reliability; reliable health monitor; skin temperature; smart clothing system; tele-medical network; telemedicine; wireless e-jacket; Batteries; Clothing; Costs; Electrocardiography; Integrated circuit reliability; Monitoring; Power system reliability; Skin; Telemedicine; Temperature;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Medical Devices and Biosensors, 2006. 3rd IEEE/EMBS International Summer School on

Conference_Location

Cambridge, MA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9787-8

Electronic_ISBN

0-7803-9787-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISSMDBS.2006.360092

Filename

4201261