Development of vital-sign telemetry system for long-term ambulatory monitoring of autonomic nerve activity

Koichi Shimizu*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

For the senior citizens living alone and the patients in home-care, a vital-sign telemonitoring technique has been proposed. A telemetry system for long-term ambulatory monitoring of pulse wave was developed. It is based on the two-step biotelemetry. In the first step telemetry, the pulse wave is measured with a ring-type sensor and is transmitted to the mobile phone terminal carried by the subject. In the second step telemetry, the data are transmitted from the cell phone to a personal computer. As the communication channel for the second step, a wireless LAN system is used in the home and a cell phone network is used outside the home. In this way, indoor-outdoor common telemetry was realized. With the developed system, we could measure the autonomic nerve activity in real-time without much hindrance in a common activity in a daily life. In the experiment, the sensitivity of the developed system to detect the change in the autonomic nervous system was verified.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2013 7th International Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology, ISMICT 2013
Pages173-177
Number of pages5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013 Aug 15
Externally publishedYes
Event2013 7th International Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology, ISMICT 2013 - Tokyo, Japan
Duration: 2013 Mar 62013 Mar 8

Publication series

NameInternational Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology, ISMICT
ISSN (Print)2326-828X
ISSN (Electronic)2326-8301

Other

Other2013 7th International Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology, ISMICT 2013
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityTokyo
Period13/3/613/3/8

Keywords

  • ambulatory
  • autonomic nervous system
  • indoor-outdoor common telemetry
  • long-term
  • monitoring
  • pulse wave
  • real time
  • ring-type sensor

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Information Systems
  • Health Informatics
  • Health Information Management

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