Complete Platform for Remote Health Management
Bozena Kaminska, Yindar Chuo, Marcin Marzencki, Benny Hung, Camille Jaggernauth, Kouhyar Tavakolian, Philip Lin
Practical usability of the majority of the current
wearable body sensor systems for multiple parameter
physiological signal acquisition is limited by the multiple
physical connections between the sensors and the data
acquisition modules. In order to improve the user comfort and
enable the use of this type of systems on active mobile subjects,
we propose a wireless body sensor system that incorporates
multiple sensors on a single node. This multi-sensor node
includes signal acquisition, processing, and wireless data
transmission fitted on multiple layers of a thin flexible
substrate with very small footprint. Considerations for design
include size, form factor, reliable body attachment, good signal
coupling, and user convenience. The prototype device measures
55mm by 15mm and is 3mm thick. The unit is attached to the
patient’s chest, and is capable of performing simultaneous
measurements of parameters such as body motion, activityintensity,
tilt, respiration, cardiac vibration, cardiac potential
(ECG), heart-rate, body surface temperature. In this paper, we
discuss the architecture of this system, including the multisensor
hardware, the firmware, a mobile phone receiver unit,
and assembly of the first prototype. Full Text
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