Textile Integrated Breathing and ECG Monitoring System

Robust monitoring of vital signs integrated in textile

“…From gaming to medical surveillance, a broad spectrum of devices can be conceived. The shear number of research groups presenting their ideas [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] supports this fact. Whereas in some cases there is a tendency to move the sensor systems away from the body [9] (because they can be forgotten, used wrongly, etc.…”

“…), the link with the body is imperative for monitoring biomedical signals. In the development of smart textiles, two main approaches can be distinguished: the first focuses on the use of textiles as sensors [1,2], the second uses existing sensors and components, that are integrated onto the textile [3][4][5][6]. This last group can be divided into two groups as well.…”

Wearable Energy Harvesting System for Powering Wireless Devices

“…According to the authors of Harry et al (2009) and Philippe et al (2009), both suggested the use of thin-film battery technology to shrink the overall package size, where lithium polymer battery sizes of 85 mm x 55 mm x 0.5 mm and 59 mm x 35 mm x 0.5 mm (PGEB0053559) to achieve the wearable energy storages. Typical flexible (thin film solid state) batteries are constructed by depositing the components of the battery as thin films (usually in tens of µm) on a substrate, which includes a solid substrate of electrolyte cathode (positive electrode) and anode (negative electrode).…”

“…However, as with all batteries applied on WBSN, they will be drained off after a certain period of time. In Harry et al (2009) and Philippe et al (2009), rechargeable lithium polymer battery capacity is of 50 to 200 mAh (12 hours to 50 hours of operation) and 65 mAh at 3.7 V respectively. Clearly, wearable energy storage alone is not able to sustain the operation of the WBSN.…”

“…An expanding area of interest is heading towards the health care applications like wearable biometric monitoring sensors. These monitoring nodes, typically powered by batteries, have various functions like sensing & monitoring bodily functions, after which the data is wirelessly transmitted to a remote data terminal Harry et al (2009), Philippe et al (2009). However such applications mentioned are not new, where earlier literatures envisioned of a not too distant future where e-textiles, electronics woven together with fabrics, are omni-present Marculescu et al (2003).…”