A wearable polysomnograph with an RF link to a personal computer, recorder, or the Internet

Author

Havey, Gary D. ; Seifert, Gregory J. ; Gibson, Paul L.

Author_Institution

Adv. Med. Electron. Corp., Minneapolis, MN, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Abstract

A wearable polysomnograph with a wireless RF link to a PC, portable solid-state recorder, or the Internet is presented. The device removes the need for off body cabling during sleep studies. The body worn package is 5.8"×3.15"×0.84" and weighs less than 8 ounces. It can be worn on the chest of a sleeping patient. Eighteen sensor channels including built-in SpO₂ are processed and transmitted for up to 15 hours using two AA alkaline batteries. Three receiver modalities collect data to a PC, battery powered solid-state recorder, or the Internet

Keywords

biomedical telemetry; electroencephalography; electromyography; patient monitoring; radio transmitters; sleep; 0.84 inch; 3.15 inch; 5.8 inch; ECG; EEG; EMG; EOG; Internet link; PC link; body worn package; digital data stream; eighteen sensor channels; low power RF transmitter; portable solid-state recorder; sleep disorders; sleep studies; wearable polysomnograph; wireless RF link; Batteries; Biomedical monitoring; Electroencephalography; Internet; Microcomputers; Patient monitoring; Power cables; Radio frequency; Sleep; Solid state circuits;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2000. Proceedings of the 22nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6465-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2000.897964

Filename

897964