Development of a wearable multisensor device enabling continuous monitoring of vital signs and activity

Author

Seeberg, Trine M. ; Vedum, Jon ; Sandsund, Mariann ; Austad, Hanne O. ; Liverud, Anders E. ; Vardoy, Astrid-Sofie B. ; Svagard, Ingrid ; Strisland, Frode

Author_Institution

SINTEF Inf. & Commun. Technol., Oslo, Norway

fYear

2014

fDate

1-4 June 2014

Firstpage

213

Lastpage

218

Abstract

This paper reports on the development and testing of a wearable device intended as a component in an ambulatory system for health monitoring of physical rehabilitation patients. The device measures heart rate, skin temperature, activity level and posture on the user´s chest. The wearable device has been run through a set of verification tests and the accuracy has been validated in controlled environment on 12 healthy volunteers. A long term user pilot with 5 congestive heart failure patients and their nurses was performed to test the whole system. The conclusion from the performed tests is that the developed wearable multisensor monitoring device is reliable, accurate, easy to use and fit for the purpose.

Keywords

bioelectric potentials; biomedical telemetry; biothermics; body sensor networks; cardiology; diseases; patient monitoring; skin; telemedicine; temperature measurement; ambulatory system; congestive heart failure patients; continuous vital sign activity; continuous vital sign monitoring; heart rate measurement; physical rehabilitation patients; skin temperature measurement; wearable multisensor monitoring device;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI), 2014 IEEE-EMBS International Conference on

Conference_Location

Valencia

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/BHI.2014.6864342

Filename

6864342