Electrical and Mechanical Design  of a Vest Measuring a Large Set of Physiological Signals

Josias Wacker; Olivier Chételat; Michaël Rapin; Christophe Meier; Jacques-André Porchet; Y. Chang; Barbara Pierscionek; Reem Kayyali; Shereen Elnabhani; Nada Philip

4th International Conference on Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare - "Transforming healthcare through innovations in mobile and wireless technologies"

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Electrical and Mechanical Design of a Vest Measuring a Large Set of Physiological Signals

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/icst.mobihealth.2014.257482,
    author={Josias Wacker and Olivier Ch\^{e}telat and Micha\`{\i}l Rapin and Christophe Meier and Jacques-Andr\^{e} Porchet and Y. Chang and Barbara Pierscionek and Reem Kayyali and Shereen Elnabhani and Nada Philip},
    title={Electrical and Mechanical Design  of a Vest Measuring a Large Set of Physiological Signals},
    proceedings={4th International Conference on Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare - "Transforming healthcare through innovations in mobile and wireless technologies"},
    publisher={IEEE},
    proceedings_a={MOBIHEALTH},
    year={2014},
    month={12},
    keywords={sensors eit ecg wearable copd},
    doi={10.4108/icst.mobihealth.2014.257482}
}

Josias Wacker
Olivier Chételat
Michaël Rapin
Christophe Meier
Jacques-André Porchet
Y. Chang
Barbara Pierscionek
Reem Kayyali
Shereen Elnabhani
Nada Philip
Year: 2014
Electrical and Mechanical Design of a Vest Measuring a Large Set of Physiological Signals
MOBIHEALTH
IEEE
DOI: 10.4108/icst.mobihealth.2014.257482

Josias Wacker^,*, Olivier Chételat¹, Michaël Rapin¹, Christophe Meier¹, Jacques-André Porchet¹, Y. Chang², Barbara Pierscionek³, Reem Kayyali³, Shereen Elnabhani³, Nada Philip³

1: CSEM
2: Croydon University Hospital
3: Kingston University

*Contact email: Josias.WACKER@csem.ch

Abstract

This paper presents the mechanical and electrical design of a wearable vest with embedded sensors that allows measuring a big number of various physiological signals. The system paves the way for closely monitoring patients with chronic obstructive lung disease in their everyday life.

Keywords: sensors eit ecg wearable copd

Published: 2014-12-05
Publisher: IEEE

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/icst.mobihealth.2014.257482