A physiological parameter monitoring device to care for the elderly

S. C. Mukhopadhyay; G. Sen Gupta

doi:10.1109/ICSENS.2008.4716689

A physiological parameter monitoring device to care for the elderly

S. C. Mukhopadhyay, G. Sen Gupta

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Abstract

The design of a physiological parameters monitoring device, such as temperature and heart rate, of a human subject has been presented in this paper. The system consists of an electronic device which is worn on the wrist and/or finger, by an elderly or "at-risk" person. Using a few sensors to measure different vital signs, the person is wirelessly monitored within his own home. An impact sensor has been used to detect falls. The device detects if a person is medically distressed and sends an alarm to a receiver unit that is connected to a computer. This sets off an alarm, allowing help to be provided to the patient. The device is battery powered for use indoors. The device can be easily adapted to monitor athletes and infants. A prototype of the device has been fabricated and initial results are promising. Some more experiments are required to make it a high performance monitoring system.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2008 IEEE Sensors, SENSORS 2008
Place of Publication	Piscataway, NJ
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages	1324-1327
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	9781424425808
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENS.2008.4716689
Publication status	Published - 2008
Externally published	Yes
Event	2008 IEEE Sensors, SENSORS 2008 - Lecce, Italy Duration: 26 Oct 2008 → 29 Oct 2009

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Other	2008 IEEE Sensors, SENSORS 2008
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Lecce
Period	26/10/08 → 29/10/09

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