A wireless ecg plaster for real-time cardiac health monitoring in body sensor networks

Author

Zhang, Da Ren ; Deepu, Chacko John ; Xu, Xiao Yuan ; Lian, Yong

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

fYear

2011

fDate

10-12 Nov. 2011

Firstpage

205

Lastpage

208

Abstract

In this paper we present a wireless ECG plaster that can be used for real-time monitoring of ECG in cardiac patients. The proposed device is light weight (25 grams), wearable and can wirelessly transmit the patient´s ECG signal to mobile phone or PC using ZigBee. The device has a battery life of around 26 hours while in continuous operation, owing to the proposed ultra-low power ECG acquisition front end chip. The prototype has been verified in clinical trials.

Keywords

Zigbee; biomedical electronics; body sensor networks; cardiovascular system; diseases; electrocardiography; low-power electronics; mobile handsets; patient monitoring; ECG acquisition front end chip; ZigBee; body sensor networks; mobile phone; real time cardiac health monitoring; ultra low power device; wireless ECG plaster; Batteries; Biomedical monitoring; Electrocardiography; Electrodes; Monitoring; Wireless communication; Zigbee; ECG-on-Chip; Electrocardiography; Real-time monitoring; Wearable devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference (BioCAS), 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1469-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/BioCAS.2011.6107763

Filename

6107763