A novel breathing condition sensor using plastic optical fiber

Author

Morisawa, Masayuki ; Muto, Shinzo

Author_Institution

Interdisciplinary Graduate Sch. of Medicine & Eng., Yamanashi Univ., Kofu, Japan

fYear

2004

fDate

24-27 Oct. 2004

Firstpage

1277

Abstract

A. novel plastic-optical-fiber (POF) sensor for detecting humidity change in the vicinity of nose and mouth has been studied. A cladding layer of the POF-type sensor head, which consists of the mixture with hydroxyethyl-cellulose and polyvinylidenefluoride, causes swelling by attachment of water molecules including in human respiration. Using this effect, an optical breathing condition sensor was fabricated and confirmed to operate with good properties. This system can be used for monitoring several breathing conditions in hospitals and in home care.

Keywords

biomedical electronics; biomedical engineering; biomedical equipment; biomedical measurement; fibre optic sensors; humidity sensors; patient monitoring; pneumodynamics; POF-type sensor; breathing condition sensor; home care; hospital care; humidity change; hydroxyethylcellulose polyvinylidenefluoride cladding layer mixture; mouth; nose; plastic-optical-fiber sensor; water molecule attachment-based swelling; Condition monitoring; Hospitals; Humans; Humidity; Mouth; Nose; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Optical sensors; Plastics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Sensors, 2004. Proceedings of IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8692-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSENS.2004.1426414

Filename

1426414