Title :
MEMSWear - Biomonitoring System in A Body Area Network (BAN)
Author :
Tay, Francis E H ; Nyan, M.N. ; Guo, D.G. ; Ng, C.P. ; Xu, L. ; Tan, C.T.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. Eng., Singapore Nat. Univ.
Abstract :
MEMSWear is an initiative that takes advantage of MEMS technology and applies it in developing a wearable platform for monitoring of vital signs and other important events such as falls in the elderly. BAN facilitated MEMSWear transmits data wirelessly to designated users, such as doctors, caregivers or family members through Bluetooth-enabled PDAs/phones belong to wearers. The system offers high standard of health care at a major reduction in cost that our society needs
Keywords :
bioMEMS; health care; patient monitoring; BAN; MEMS technology; MEMSWear; bioMEMS; biomonitoring system; body area network; health care; vital sign monitoring; Aging; Biomedical monitoring; Body area networks; Body sensor networks; Costs; GSM; Medical services; Senior citizens; Transceivers; ZigBee;
Conference_Titel :
International Semiconductor Conference, 2006
Conference_Location :
Sinaia
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0109-7
DOI :
10.1109/SMICND.2006.283970
