Authors:
Hiteshwar Rao
1
;
Dhruv Saxena
1
;
Saurabh Kumar
1
;
Sagar G. V.
1
;
Bharadwaj Amrutur
1
;
Prem Mony
2
;
Prashanth Thankachan
2
;
Kiruba Shankar
2
;
Suman Rao
3
and
Swarnarekha Bhat
3
Affiliations:
1
Indian Institute of Science, India
;
2
St. John’s Research Institute, India
;
3
St. John’s Medical College Hospital, India
Keyword(s):
Neonatal Monitoring, Wearable Sensors, Telemedicine, Body Sensor Network, Temperature Measurement, Temperature sensors, Skin Temperature, Noninvasive Wearable Wireless Monitoring System, Biomedical Measurements.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Biomedical Engineering
;
Biomedical Equipment
;
Biomedical Instrumentation
;
Biomedical Instruments and Devices
;
Devices
;
Embedded Signal Processing
;
Emerging Technologies
;
Health Monitoring Devices
;
Human-Computer Interaction
;
Low-Power Design
;
Physiological Computing Systems
;
Telecommunications
;
Wireless and Mobile Technologies
;
Wireless Information Networks and Systems
;
Wireless Systems
Abstract:
In er we present the desigthis papn of a wearable temperature sensing device for remote neonatal monitoring.
It is designed for continuous and real-time monitoring of the infants in remote rural areas, for the first few
weeks after their birth. It is capable of sensing the neonate’s skin temperature with 0.1◦ C accuracy to detect
the early onset of hypothermia. The sensed data is transferred securely over bluetooth low energy radio to a
nearby gateway, which then relays the information to a central database for real time monitoring. The device
incorporates a medical grade thermistor which is directly interfaced to a microcontroller with an integrated
bluetooth low energy radio. Low power optimizations at both the circuit and software levels ensure sleep
currents of only 1uA, ensuring very long battery life. The device is packaged in a baby friendly, water proof
housing and is easily sterilizable and reusable.