Development of vital sign sensor by using fiberoptics

Author

Toba, Eiji ; Fujita, Keiichi ; Linh, Nguyen Tuong ; Kamoto, Tsuyoshi ; Nishimatsu, Toyonori ; Ishizawa, Hiroaki

Author_Institution

Fac. of Sci. & Technol., Shinshu Univ., Japan

Volume

2

fYear

2002

fDate

6/24/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

913

Abstract

The main aim of this paper is to present a new sensing method of vital sign for simultaneously monitoring heart and respiratory rates. A new method, which uses a fiber-optic probe to monitor heart and respiratory rates simultaneously, has been developed and discussed. As a result measurement accuracy of this sensor is ±1.50 bpm in heart rates and ± 0.93 bpm in respiratory rates. A new type of health monitoring vital sign sensor can be used at hospital as well as in other environments, and the method is convenient to use.

Keywords

biomedical measurement; cardiology; computerised instrumentation; computerised monitoring; fibre optic sensors; optical fibre telemetry; pneumodynamics; fiber-optic probe; heart rate; measurement accuracy; noninvasive methods; respiratory rate; simultaneous measurement; volume pulse wave; Blood flow; Cells (biology); Fluctuations; Heart beat; Infrared sensors; Infrared surveillance; Optical fiber sensors; Plasma measurements;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 2002. IMTC/2002. Proceedings of the 19th IEEE

ISSN

1091-5281

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7218-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMTC.2002.1007074

Filename

1007074