Vital Block and Vital Sign Server for ECG and Vital Sign Monitoring in a Portable u-Vital System

An important function in the future healthcare system involves measuring a patient’s vital signs, transmitting the measured vital signs to a smart device or a management server, analyzing it in real-time, and informing the patient or medical staff. Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) incorpo...

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Main Authors: Tae Wuk Bae, Kee Koo Kwon, Kyu Hyung Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-02-01
Series:Sensors
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/20/4/1089
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spelling doaj-8533ed6e9c6643bc86b57fee907741692020-11-25T01:45:08ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202020-02-01204108910.3390/s20041089s20041089Vital Block and Vital Sign Server for ECG and Vital Sign Monitoring in a Portable u-Vital SystemTae Wuk Bae0Kee Koo Kwon1Kyu Hyung Kim2Daegu-Gyeongbuk Research Center, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daegu 42994, KoreaDaegu-Gyeongbuk Research Center, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daegu 42994, KoreaDaegu-Gyeongbuk Research Center, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daegu 42994, KoreaAn important function in the future healthcare system involves measuring a patient’s vital signs, transmitting the measured vital signs to a smart device or a management server, analyzing it in real-time, and informing the patient or medical staff. Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) incorporates information technology (IT) into patient monitoring device (PMD) and is developing traditional measurement devices into healthcare information systems. In the study, a portable ubiquitous-Vital (u-Vital) system is developed and consists of a Vital Block (VB), a small PMD, and Vital Sign Server (VSS), which stores and manages measured vital signs. Specifically, VBs collect a patient’s electrocardiogram (ECG), blood oxygen saturation (SpO2), non-invasive blood pressure (NiBP), body temperature (BT) in real-time, and the collected vital signs are transmitted to a VSS via wireless protocols such as WiFi and Bluetooth. Additionally, an efficient R-point detection algorithm was also proposed for real-time processing and long-term ECG analysis. Experiments demonstrated the effectiveness of measurement, transmission, and analysis of vital signs in the proposed portable u-Vital system.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/20/4/1089vital signiomtpatient monitoring devicehealthcarewireless
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author Tae Wuk Bae
Kee Koo Kwon
Kyu Hyung Kim
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Kee Koo Kwon
Kyu Hyung Kim
Vital Block and Vital Sign Server for ECG and Vital Sign Monitoring in a Portable u-Vital System
Sensors
vital sign
iomt
patient monitoring device
healthcare
wireless
author_facet Tae Wuk Bae
Kee Koo Kwon
Kyu Hyung Kim
author_sort Tae Wuk Bae
title Vital Block and Vital Sign Server for ECG and Vital Sign Monitoring in a Portable u-Vital System
title_short Vital Block and Vital Sign Server for ECG and Vital Sign Monitoring in a Portable u-Vital System
title_full Vital Block and Vital Sign Server for ECG and Vital Sign Monitoring in a Portable u-Vital System
title_fullStr Vital Block and Vital Sign Server for ECG and Vital Sign Monitoring in a Portable u-Vital System
title_full_unstemmed Vital Block and Vital Sign Server for ECG and Vital Sign Monitoring in a Portable u-Vital System
title_sort vital block and vital sign server for ecg and vital sign monitoring in a portable u-vital system
publisher MDPI AG
series Sensors
issn 1424-8220
publishDate 2020-02-01
description An important function in the future healthcare system involves measuring a patient’s vital signs, transmitting the measured vital signs to a smart device or a management server, analyzing it in real-time, and informing the patient or medical staff. Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) incorporates information technology (IT) into patient monitoring device (PMD) and is developing traditional measurement devices into healthcare information systems. In the study, a portable ubiquitous-Vital (u-Vital) system is developed and consists of a Vital Block (VB), a small PMD, and Vital Sign Server (VSS), which stores and manages measured vital signs. Specifically, VBs collect a patient’s electrocardiogram (ECG), blood oxygen saturation (SpO2), non-invasive blood pressure (NiBP), body temperature (BT) in real-time, and the collected vital signs are transmitted to a VSS via wireless protocols such as WiFi and Bluetooth. Additionally, an efficient R-point detection algorithm was also proposed for real-time processing and long-term ECG analysis. Experiments demonstrated the effectiveness of measurement, transmission, and analysis of vital signs in the proposed portable u-Vital system.
topic vital sign
iomt
patient monitoring device
healthcare
wireless
url https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/20/4/1089
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