Title :
Remote respiratory monitor
Author :
Peters, Randall D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Texas Tech. Univ., Lubbock, TX, USA
Abstract :
A new approach to respiration monitoring is made possible by the invention of a broad new class of patent-pending sensors that are labeled `symmetric differential capacitive´ (SDC). A pressure transducer of SDC type is used in the described remote respiratory monitor. It is similar to others that use a diaphragm, but its improved electrical symmetry permits greater sensitivity than was previously possible in inexpensive devices. As developed and employed, the SDC sensors have been routinely part of automated systems. Used with a personal computer, they are opening up new vistas in physics, both in research and in pedagogy. Thus, it is expected that their impact in medical areas along similar lines could also be significant
Keywords :
biomedical telemetry; computerised monitoring; electric sensing devices; medical computing; microcomputer applications; patient monitoring; pneumodynamics; pressure sensors; pressure transducers; electrical symmetry; personal computer; physics; pressure transducer; remote respiratory monitor; sensitivity; symmetric differential capacitive sensors; Bridge circuits; Capacitive sensors; Capacitors; Detectors; Mechanical sensors; Oscillators; Physics; Remote monitoring; Sensor arrays; Transducers;
Conference_Titel :
Computer-Based Medical Systems, 1995., Proceedings of the Eighth IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Lubbock, TX
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7117-3
DOI :
10.1109/CBMS.1995.465427
