Development of a Wearable Inertial System for Motor Epileptic Seizure Detection

Kabanov, A. A.; Shchelkanov, Alexander

doi:10.1109/apeie.2018.8546292

“…It is very important that the solution is easy to wear and unobtrusive since, better the wearable conditions, lessen the chances of finding a suitable excuse for not using the solution [2]. Most of devices available on the market are mainly designed for the purpose of alarming caregivers, not for seizure recording where seizure logs could significantly improve the quality of medical care and more optimal treatment to the disease where contribute to a better quality of patient's life [3].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

SeizeIT: SEIZURE victims are no longer leashed

Wimalarathne¹,

Ubeysingha²,

Imbulana³

et al. 2019

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Seizure is considered to be one of the severe and most common type of neurological disorders. Despite the availability of numerous anti-seizure drugs, it is often difficult to control the disease completely and effectively. Lack of close supervision and failure in providing urgent medical care during and after seizure episodes, leads to serious injuries or even death. On the other hand, the use of wireless sensor networks in everyday applications have rapidly increased due to decreased technology costs and improved product reliability. Therefore, developing a wearable device to monitor seizure may complete the anamnesis, help medical staff in diagnosing and acute treatment while preventing seizure related accidents. There are number of seizure detection systems available in the market. Still their performance is far from perfect. This paper explores an application of biomedical wireless sensor networks, which attempts to monitor patients in a completely non-invasive and non-intrusive manner. It describes a wearable device together with seizure prediction and alerting system, which is designed to address some issues with seizure detection systems in the market. Its functional block diagram and operating modes are detailed. Possible application areas of the device are also discussed.

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“…It is very important that the solution is easy to wear and unobtrusive since, better the wearable conditions, lessen the chances of finding a suitable excuse for not using the solution [2]. Most of devices available on the market are mainly designed for the purpose of alarming caregivers, not for seizure recording where seizure logs could significantly improve the quality of medical care and more optimal treatment to the disease where contribute to a better quality of patient's life [3].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

SeizeIT: SEIZURE victims are no longer leashed

Wimalarathne

¹

,

Ubeysingha

²

,

Imbulana

³

et al. 2019

EECSI

0

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Seizure is considered to be one of the severe and most common type of neurological disorders. Despite the availability of numerous anti-seizure drugs, it is often difficult to control the disease completely and effectively. Lack of close supervision and failure in providing urgent medical care during and after seizure episodes, leads to serious injuries or even death. On the other hand, the use of wireless sensor networks in everyday applications have rapidly increased due to decreased technology costs and improved product reliability. Therefore, developing a wearable device to monitor seizure may complete the anamnesis, help medical staff in diagnosing and acute treatment while preventing seizure related accidents. There are number of seizure detection systems available in the market. Still their performance is far from perfect. This paper explores an application of biomedical wireless sensor networks, which attempts to monitor patients in a completely non-invasive and non-intrusive manner. It describes a wearable device together with seizure prediction and alerting system, which is designed to address some issues with seizure detection systems in the market. Its functional block diagram and operating modes are detailed. Possible application areas of the device are also discussed.

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