A Real Time and Non-Contact Multiparameter Wearable Device for Health Monitoring

摘要

Continuously monitoring the vital signs over a long period of time is important for heart diseases. However, a traditional wearable device may be inconvenient to carry. Therefore, the size of low power ICs and wireless modules in this device need to be minimized for healthcare system. In this paper, we proposed non-contact and low power sensors with integrated kinetic sensor for multiparameter real time monitoring. The proposed system consists of a non-contact electrocardiogram (ECG) sensor with fully integrated analog front end (AFE), a temperature sensor, an accelerometer, and a Bluetooth low energy (BLE) module. The system is small with the size of 50.5 x 15.2 x 6mm. The developed wearable glass in the system can be used by inpatient, outpatient or people with disability. The device could also be used by aging people who live alone, capable of sensing fall detection, temperature and monitoring ECG. An Android application is developed to perform data processing, and it also sends alerts to authorities in case of emergency.