Wearable IoTs and Geo-Fencing Based Framework for COVID-19 Remote Patient Health Monitoring and Quarantine Management to Control the Pandemic

Abstract

The epidemic disease of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) called COVID-19 has become a more frequently active disease. Managing and monitoring COVID-19 patients is still a challenging issue for advanced technologies. The first and foremost critical issue in COVID-19 is to diagnose it timely and cut off the chain of transmission by isolating the susceptible and patients. COVID-19 spreads through close interaction and contact with an infected person. It has affected the entire world, and every country is facing the challenges of having adequate medical facilities along with the availability of medical staff in rural and urban areas that have a high number of patients due to the pandemic. Due to the invasive method of treatment, SARS-COVID is spreading swiftly. In this paper, we propose an intelligent health monitoring framework using wearable Internet of Things (IoT) and Geo-fencing for COVID-19 susceptible and patient monitoring, and isolation and quarantine management to control the pandemic. The proposed system consists of four layers, and each layer has different functionality: a wearable sensors layer, IoT gateway layer, cloud server layer, and client application layer for visualization and analysis. The wearable sensors layer consists of wearable biomedical and GPS sensors for physiological parameters, and GPS and Wi-Fi Received Signal Strength Indicator acquisition for health monitoring and user Geo-fencing. The IoT gateway layer provides a Bluetooth and Wi-Fi based wireless body area network and IoT environment for data transmission anytime and anywhere. Cloud servers use Raspberry Pi and ThingSpeak cloud for data analysis and web-based application layers for remote monitoring based on user consent. The susceptible and patient conditions, real-time sensor’s data, and Geo-fencing enables minimizing the spread through close interaction. The results show the effectiveness of the proposed framework.

High-Sensitivity and Environmentally Friendly Humidity Sensors Deposited with Recyclable Green Microspheres for Wireless Monitoring

“…Remote monitoring is one of the development directions of humidity sensors. , To realize the wireless real-time humidity detection via Bluetooth, a QCM composed of an integrated crystal oscillator, a data transmission module, and a field programmable gate array (FPGA) digital frequency is constructed (Figure a) and connected to a digital frequency meter developed in-house. Figure b shows the frequency shifts of the QCM with no polymer coating recorded on the FPGA-based digital frequency meter.…”

Research and Development of a COVID-19 Tracking System in Order to Implement Analytical Tools to Reduce the Infection Risk

“…Some patients have minimal symptoms while others develop worse symptoms, with some leading to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) with hypoxemia [1,12,13]. If presenting severe symptoms, the patient may become critical [14]. More than 75% of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 need oxygen supplementation.…”

“…Some scientists also claim that room ventilation and various disinfection systems reduce the infection risk [25]. The second transmission route can be through touching surfaces where the virus droplets have fallen [14,21]. SARS-CoV-2 can remain on dry materials for several days under suitable conditions.…”

Development of an Intelligent Real-Time Multiperson Respiratory Illnesses Sensing System Using SDR Technology

“…Likewise, the chest well strain generated due to respiration is exploited for respiratory illness sensing [26]. The record of tridimensional movements of the thorax (e.g., thorax inclination, acceleration, and velocities by using accelerometers, gyroscopes, and magnetometers) is used for respiratory activity sensing [27]. These chest movement sensing-based sensors are very appropriate for respiratory illness sensing as these sensors are embedded in clothes easily during their manufacturing.…”