Automated monitoring system for home health care

Author

Kawarada, Atsushi ; Tsakada, A. ; Sasaki, Kazuo ; Ishijima, Masayuki ; Tamura, Toshiyo ; Togawa, Tatsuo ; Yamakoshi, Ken-ichi

Author_Institution

Fac. of Eng., Toyama Univ., Japan

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

36434

Abstract

Three automated monitoring systems used for home health care of 1) body and excreta weight in lavatory, 2) ECG in bathtub and 3) ECG in bed without utilizing body surface electrodes in a non-conscious manner at a pilot house called “Welfare Techno House” were designed. For the evaluation of these automated health monitoring systems, long continuous measurements of the health status in daily life of young and elderly subjects were carried out

Keywords

biomedical equipment; computerised monitoring; electrocardiography; geriatrics; patient monitoring; ECG in bathtub; ECG in bed; Welfare Techno House; automated health monitoring systems evaluation; automated monitoring system; body surface electrodes; body weight; daily life; elderly subjects; excreta weight in lavatory; health status; home health care; long continuous measurements; medical instrumentation; pilot house; young subjects; Biomedical engineering; Biomedical measurements; Biomedical monitoring; Computerized monitoring; Design engineering; Electrocardiography; Electrodes; Medical services; Senior citizens; Sleep;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

[Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 1999. 21st Annual Conference and the 1999 Annual Fall Meetring of the Biomedical Engineering Society] BMES/EMBS Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the First Joint

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5674-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1999.803849

Filename

803849