DocumentCode :
3070857
Title :
Unconstrained monitoring of ECG and respiratory variation in infants with underwear during sleep using a bed-sheet electrode unit
Author :
Ueno, Akinori ; Yama, Yoshihiro
Author_Institution :
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Tokyo Denki University, 2-2 Nishiki-cho, Kanda, Chiyoda-ku, 101-8457, Japan
fYear :
2008
fDate :
20-25 Aug. 2008
Firstpage :
2329
Lastpage :
2332
Abstract :
An approach is proposed for obtaining both electrocardiographic potential and respiratory variation signal from infants lying supine with underwear during sleep. Capacitively coupled bed-sheet electrode unit and a methodology of capacitive sensing were employed to realize the approach. A pilot device was fabricated to explore the feasibility of the approach and evaluation experiments were conducted for 5 infants aged from 43 to 174 days. The results revealed that two outputs of the developed device synchronized respectively with the reference ECG and sleep breath in all experiments. The present device appears promising for application to bedding as an unconstrained method for ECG and respiratory variation monitoring of neonates or infants during sleep.
Keywords :
Bioelectric phenomena; Biomedical monitoring; Capacitance; Dielectrics and electrical insulation; Electric potential; Electrocardiography; Electrodes; Pediatrics; Skin; Sleep; Amplifiers, Electronic; Clothing; Electrocardiography, Ambulatory; Electrodes; Equipment Failure Analysis; Feasibility Studies; Humans; Infant; Pilot Projects; Polysomnography; Respiration; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; Sleep; Supine Position;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2008. EMBS 2008. 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
ISSN :
1557-170X
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1814-5
Electronic_ISBN :
1557-170X
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2008.4649665
Filename :
4649665
Link To Document :
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