Continuous patient monitoring through Wireless body sensors

According to world health organization (WHO) analytics nearly 32% of adult deaths all over the world and also in India are due to cardiovascular diseases which are caused by disorders of the heart and blood vessels.1-4 These include various heart related diseases including coronary heart diseas

Project Title

Continuous patient monitoring through Wireless body sensors

Project Area of Specialization

Wearables and Implantable

Project Summary

According to world health organization (WHO) analytics nearly 32% of adult deaths all over the world and also in India are due to cardiovascular diseases which are caused by disorders of the heart and blood vessels.1-4 These include various heart related diseases including coronary heart disease (heart attacks), rheumatic heart disease, raised blood pressure (hypertension), cerebrovascular disease (stroke), peripheral artery disease, congenital heart disease and heart failure.1 According to current estimates, India will soon have the highest number of heart disease cases in the world. These types of cardiovascular diseases need continuous monitoring of certain body parameters which need long hospital stays. In the hospitals patients are monitored continuously by hospital staff using various instruments like bedside monitors. These instruments are bulky and immobile and thus keep patients stick to the bed. Their wired connections are very uncomfortable to patients and medical staff also. Due to mounting hospital costs and shortage of qualified healthcare professionals it is difficult to continuously monitor the essential body parameters of the patients suffering from CVD.

In this project, we introduce a health monitoring system consisting of a wearable device that will continuously monitor the health of patient. This wearable device consists of different sensors such as temperature sensor and heart rate sensor. The device will collect the data in form of bio signals from sensors and send it to hospital server for further storage and processing using wireless communication. This data will be available to the doctors on server from any location using IOT application.

Project Objectives

Research Objectives:

The specific objectives of this study are as follows

• In depth analysis of the problem in which the overall existing hospital and patient monitoring system can be understood along with its strengths and weaknesses.
• To establish a frame work for continuous monitoring of the patient through wearable sensors.
• To Simulate the framework and compare with the existing technologies along with comparison.
• To integrate, Simulate and implement the continuous patient monitoring system to update the hospital ICU and other services.

Project Implementation Method

The proposed system architecture consists of three tiers. Tier-1 consists of wireless sensor nodes attached to the patient’s body for sensing vital body parameters. The data acquired through the sensors is processed and transmitted through control unit. Tier-2 is the intermediate receiving unit which acquires the forwarded data. It is also responsible for storage, processing and displaying the data. Tier-3 is concerned with alert systems and data transmission to longer distances through appropriate internet services. Different wireless communications such as ZigBee, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are available for tier I, tier II and tier III communication.16 We are using existing Wi-Fi wireless communication in Tier I and II and internet in Tier III for long distance data transfer over IOT. 

Benefits of the Project

It helps caregivers and hospital staff to monitor and store patient’s body parameters continuously.

On any abnormality, it gives alert to caregivers. Using Internet, data can be made available for remote use and only to authorized users like remote specialist doctors for special advice.

Thus designing parameters like availability, security, correctness and efficiency will be achieved successfully.

The results will be compared with  Fitbit and hopefully the system will work like fitbit.

Thus the system can found helpful for the continuous monitoring of the cardiac patients in ICU of hospitals.

The use of this system can be extended to care and monitor elderly people staying all alone at their homes and also for baby care.

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

we will design and implement a healthcare monitoring system for cardiac patients to monitor significant body parameters of patient inside hospital as well as in home. Different sensors will be attached or induced to the patient’s body to collect vital body parameters like temperature, SPO2, heart rate, pulse rate etc. to be monitored. Heart rate and ECG sensor probes are also attached to patient’s body.  The sensor data is in the form of analog signals and to be converted into digital form using inbuilt circuits of Arduino board which collects and processes sensor data for further communication. For further use and storage it is then send to server using suitable wireless communication.  In our proposed system ESP 8266 is used to convey sensor data to server using wireless communication. Existing Wi-Fi from home or hospitals is used for this purpose. 

Final Deliverable of the Project

HW/SW integrated system

Core Industry

Health

Other Industries

IT , Medical

Core Technology

Internet of Things (IoT)

Other Technologies

Cloud Infrastructure

Sustainable Development Goals

Good Health and Well-Being for People

Required Resources

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