Title :
Wearable approach for continuous ECG - and activity patient-monitoring
Author :
Muhlsteff, Jens ; Such, O. ; Schmidt, R. ; Perkuhn, M. ; Reiter, H. ; Lauter, J. ; Thijs, J. ; Müsch, G. ; Harris, M.
Author_Institution :
Philips Res. Lab., Aachen, Germany
Abstract :
The paper describes an approach to monitor a person´s ECG and activity continuously with functional clothing. A belt with integrated electronics has been developed and has proven long-term robustness of all electrical components. A low-power module measures the ECG signal as well as the acceleration (2-axis) and stores data continuously up to two days. A user test has been performed to evaluate the belt according to system performance at different daily-life activities like sleeping, walking and so on. System parameters are ECG-signal quality, system up-time, and ECG-signal coverage during a day.
Keywords :
electrocardiography; gait analysis; medical signal detection; medical signal processing; patient monitoring; sleep; ECG-signal coverage; ECG-signal quality; activity patient-monitoring; belt; continuous ECG; functional clothing; integrated electronics; sleeping; system up-time; walking; wearable patient monitor; Acceleration; Accelerometers; Belts; Biomedical monitoring; Clothing; Electrocardiography; Patient monitoring; Performance evaluation; Robustness; System testing; continuous monitoring; dry electrodes; personal health care; wearable technology;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2004. IEMBS '04. 26th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8439-3
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2004.1403638
