07-07-2012, 10:31 AM
WEARABLE BIO SENSORS
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ABSTRACT:
Wearable biosensor systems for health monitoring are an emerging trend and are expected to enable proactive personal health management and better treatment of various medical conditions. These systems, comprising various types of small physiological sensors, transmission modules and processing capabilities, promise to change the future of health care, by providing low-cost wearable unobtrusive solutions for continuous all-day and any-place health, mental and activity status monitoring. This paper presents a comprehensive survey on the research and development done so far on wearable biosensor systems for health-monitoring , by comparing a variety of current system implementations and approaches and identifying their technological shortcomings. A set of significant features, that best describe the functionality and the characteristics of wearable biosensor systems, has been selected to derive a thorough study. The aim of this survey is not to criticize, but to serve as a reference for current achievements and their maturity level and to provide direction for future research improvements.
INTRODUCTION:
• Use of wearable monitoring devices allow continuous monitoring of physiological signals
• Wearable systems are totally non-obtrusive devices that allow physicians to overcome the limitations of technology
• Detects events predictive of possible worsening of the patient’s clinical situations
WHAT IS A BIOSENSOR?
• A biosensor is a device for the of ananalyte that combines a biological component with a physiochemical detector component.
NEED OF WEARABLE BIOSENSORS:
• Remote monitoring of patients
• Training support for athlete
• Monitoring of individuals who work with hazardous elements
• Tracking of professional truck drivers vital signs to alert them of fatigue
DEVELOPMENTS:
• Ring Sensor
• Smart Shirt
RING SENSOR:
• It is a pulse oximetry sensor
• Monitors heat rate and oxygen saturation
• CR2032 Battery
• ATMEL AATMEGA 128L
APPLICATIONS OF RING SENSOR:
• Wireless supervision of people during hazardous operations
• In an overcrowded emergency department
• Chronic surveillance of abnormal heart failure
• In cardio-vascular disease for monitoring the hyper tension
SMART SHIRT (GTWM):
• Smart shirt developed at Georgia tech which represents the first attempt at relying an unobtrusive, mobile and easy to use vital signs monitoring system
• Research on the design and development of a smart shirt forta combat casualty care has led to the realization of the worldsfirst wearable motherboard
• The principal advantage of smart shirt is that it provides for the first time a very systematic way of monitoring the vital signs of humans in an unobtrusive manner
APPLICATIONS OF SMART SHIRT:
• Medical monitoring
• Combat casualty care
• Sports/Performance monitoring
• Space experiments
• Mission Critical/hazardous application
• Wearable mobile information infrastructure
FUTURE TRENDS:
• Smart shirt technology opens up existing opportunities to develop adaptive & responsive systems that can think & act based on the user condition, stimuli & environment.
• The Smarts shirts delta acquisition capabilities can be used to detect the condition when an individual is lapsing into adiabatic shock and this integrated feedback mechanism can provide the appropriate response to prevent a fatality.
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ABSTRACT:
Wearable biosensor systems for health monitoring are an emerging trend and are expected to enable proactive personal health management and better treatment of various medical conditions. These systems, comprising various types of small physiological sensors, transmission modules and processing capabilities, promise to change the future of health care, by providing low-cost wearable unobtrusive solutions for continuous all-day and any-place health, mental and activity status monitoring. This paper presents a comprehensive survey on the research and development done so far on wearable biosensor systems for health-monitoring , by comparing a variety of current system implementations and approaches and identifying their technological shortcomings. A set of significant features, that best describe the functionality and the characteristics of wearable biosensor systems, has been selected to derive a thorough study. The aim of this survey is not to criticize, but to serve as a reference for current achievements and their maturity level and to provide direction for future research improvements.
INTRODUCTION:
• Use of wearable monitoring devices allow continuous monitoring of physiological signals
• Wearable systems are totally non-obtrusive devices that allow physicians to overcome the limitations of technology
• Detects events predictive of possible worsening of the patient’s clinical situations
WHAT IS A BIOSENSOR?
• A biosensor is a device for the of ananalyte that combines a biological component with a physiochemical detector component.
NEED OF WEARABLE BIOSENSORS:
• Remote monitoring of patients
• Training support for athlete
• Monitoring of individuals who work with hazardous elements
• Tracking of professional truck drivers vital signs to alert them of fatigue
DEVELOPMENTS:
• Ring Sensor
• Smart Shirt
RING SENSOR:
• It is a pulse oximetry sensor
• Monitors heat rate and oxygen saturation
• CR2032 Battery
• ATMEL AATMEGA 128L
APPLICATIONS OF RING SENSOR:
• Wireless supervision of people during hazardous operations
• In an overcrowded emergency department
• Chronic surveillance of abnormal heart failure
• In cardio-vascular disease for monitoring the hyper tension
SMART SHIRT (GTWM):
• Smart shirt developed at Georgia tech which represents the first attempt at relying an unobtrusive, mobile and easy to use vital signs monitoring system
• Research on the design and development of a smart shirt forta combat casualty care has led to the realization of the worldsfirst wearable motherboard
• The principal advantage of smart shirt is that it provides for the first time a very systematic way of monitoring the vital signs of humans in an unobtrusive manner
APPLICATIONS OF SMART SHIRT:
• Medical monitoring
• Combat casualty care
• Sports/Performance monitoring
• Space experiments
• Mission Critical/hazardous application
• Wearable mobile information infrastructure
FUTURE TRENDS:
• Smart shirt technology opens up existing opportunities to develop adaptive & responsive systems that can think & act based on the user condition, stimuli & environment.
• The Smarts shirts delta acquisition capabilities can be used to detect the condition when an individual is lapsing into adiabatic shock and this integrated feedback mechanism can provide the appropriate response to prevent a fatality.