DocumentCode :
3204993
Title :
Smart Jacket Design for Neonatal Monitoring with Wearable Sensors
Author :
Bouwstra, Sibrecht ; Chen, Wei ; Feijs, Loe ; Oetomo, Sidarto Bambang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Ind. Design, Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven, Netherlands
fYear :
2009
fDate :
3-5 June 2009
Firstpage :
162
Lastpage :
167
Abstract :
Critically ill new born babies admitted at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) are extremely tiny and vulnerable to external disturbance. Smart Jacket proposed in this paper is the vision of a wearable unobtrusive continuous monitoring system realized by body sensor networks (BSN) and wireless communication. The smart jacket aims for providing reliable health monitoring as well as a comfortable clinical environment for neonatal care and parent-child interaction. We present the first version of the neonatal jacket that enables ECG measurement by textile electrodes. We also explore a new solution for skin-contact challenges that textile electrodes pose. The jacket is expandable with new wearable technologies and has aesthetics that appeal to parents and medical staff. An iterative design process in close contact with the users and experts lead to a balanced integration of technology, user focus and aesthetics. We demonstrate the prototype and the experimental results obtained in clinical setting.
Keywords :
biomedical electrodes; body area networks; electrocardiography; paediatrics; patient care; patient monitoring; textiles; wireless sensor networks; ECG measurement; aesthetics; body sensor networks; critically ill new born babies; health monitoring; neonatal intensive care unit; neonatal monitoring; smart jacket design; technology integration; textile electrodes; user focus; wearable unobtrusive continuous monitoring system; wireless communication; Biomedical electrodes; Biomedical monitoring; Body sensor networks; Electrocardiography; Pediatrics; Process design; Telecommunication network reliability; Textile technology; Wearable sensors; Wireless communication; ECG monitoring; Neonatal Monitoring; Textile Electrodes; Wearable Sensors; wearability;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks, 2009. BSN 2009. Sixth International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Berkeley, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3644-6
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/BSN.2009.40
Filename :
5226899
Link To Document :
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