System for unconstrained ECG measurement on a toilet seat using capacitive coupled electrodes : The efficacy and practicality

Author

Baek, Hyun Jae ; Kim, Jung Soo ; Kim, Ko Keun ; Park, Kwang Suk

Author_Institution

Interdisciplinary Program of Bioengineering, Seoul National University, Graduate School, Republic of Korea

fYear

2008

fDate

20-25 Aug. 2008

Firstpage

2326

Lastpage

2328

Abstract

Home healthcare is a common matter of concern to modern people. For the successful home healthcare, unconstrained bio-signal monitoring is important. Previously, unconstrained lavatory typed ECG measurement system was developed. It is enough to measure subject´s ECG signal non-intrusively, but not practical because of moist environment of toilet. In this study, capacitive coupled electrode was employed for overcome above disadvantages. ECG was obtained by capacitive coupled electrode and compared with ECGs obtained from conventional Ag/AgCl electrode. Possible motion artifacts were investigated. Experimental results showed that toilet based capacitive coupled ECG signal was measured successfully.

Keywords

Biomedical engineering; Biomedical measurements; Copper; Electrocardiography; Electrodes; Medical services; Moisture; Skin; Surface impedance; Thigh; Electrocardiography; Electrocardiography, Ambulatory; Electrodes; Equipment Design; Equipment Failure Analysis; Humans; Toilet Facilities;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2008. EMBS 2008. 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1814-5

Electronic_ISBN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2008.4649664

Filename

4649664