Design of Pulse Oximeter with WiFi connectivity and interoperability with standard HL7 and IEEE 11073-10404:2008

摘要

Given that health is so relevant for global productivity and competitiveness, and that the ICTs play an important role in all of the productivity factors, this work makes use of the ICTs in health matters proposing the to use a WiFi oximeter. This article describes the operating principles of a Pulse Oximeter (PO) which is an opto-electronic non-invasive medical instrument capable of measuring changes in HR and SpO_2 at the fingertip and its upgrade to the standards; HL7 and IEEE 11073-10404:2008, its design, and its validation against the three existing devices. Variables (SpO_2%, Ppm, Temperature) were compared, and its performance and impact were discussed the addition of the WiFi technology allows a better comunication between devices, causing a greate impact in global competiveness.