A smart capsule for in-body pH and temperature continuous monitoring

Author

Zhexiang Chi ; Hanjun Jiang ; Jingpei Xia ; Heng Liu ; Zhaoyang Weng ; Jingjing Dong ; Kai Yang ; Zhihua Wang

Author_Institution

Inst. of Microelectron., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China

fYear

2014

fDate

3-6 Aug. 2014

Firstpage

314

Lastpage

317

Abstract

This paper presents a smart capsule for in body pH and temperature continuous monitoring in non-invasive gastrointestinal examination. The capsule offers 24-hour continuous monitoring with less discomfort compared with conventional diagnosis. The whole system consists of a smart capsule for pH value and temperature sensing, and a portable data logger. The sensing part of the smart capsule includes electrodes and a chip of analog-to-digital converter. The smart capsule inside the body and the data logger are connected wirelessly with a chip of short distance RF transceiver. Design details of the smart capsule with pH/temperature sensor, data converter, wireless transceiver, MCU will be provided throughout this paper.

Keywords

analogue-digital conversion; biomedical electrodes; biomedical measurement; biomedical telemetry; chemical sensors; data loggers; diseases; intelligent sensors; pH measurement; patient monitoring; portable instruments; telemedicine; temperature measurement; temperature sensors; transceivers; wireless sensor networks; MCU; analog-to-digital converter; chip; conventional diagnosis; data converter; electrodes; in-body pH continuous monitoring; noninvasive gastrointestinal examination; pH-temperature sensor; portable data logger; short distance RF transceiver; smart capsule; temperature continuous monitoring; temperature sensing; time 24 h; wireless connection; wireless transceiver; Electrodes; Monitoring; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors; Transceivers; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; pH; smart capsule; temperature; wireless;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), 2014 IEEE 57th International Midwest Symposium on

Conference_Location

College Station, TX

ISSN

1548-3746

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-4134-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSCAS.2014.6908415

Filename

6908415