Necklace monitors cardiac performance on the go

摘要

Researchers at IMEC (Leuven, Belgium) and the Hoist Centre (Eindhoven, The Netherlands) have unveiledrna prototype electrocardiogram (ECG) necklace that enables long-term monitoring of cardiac performance, allowing patients the freedom to go about daily activities for up to 7 days while under observation.rnThe robust, user-friendly necklace is designed to cope with potential issues such as baseline wander, EMG (electro-myogram) and motion artefacts, and high and variable electrode impedance. Featuring IMEC's proprietary ultra-low-power analog-readout ASIC, the necklace relies on a low-power commercial radio/microprocessor platform.