Development and Test of a Portable ECG Device with Dry Capacitive Electrodes and Driven Right Leg Circuit
The use of wearable sensors for health monitoring is rapidly growing. Over the past decade, wearable technology has gained much attention from the tech industry for commercial reasons and the interest of researchers and clinicians for reasons related to its potential benefit on patients’ health. Wea...
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doaj-9683195daf454beea355da9745b0bb5d2021-04-15T23:00:42ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202021-04-01212777277710.3390/s21082777Development and Test of a Portable ECG Device with Dry Capacitive Electrodes and Driven Right Leg CircuitAlessandro Zompanti0Anna Sabatini1Simone Grasso2Giorgio Pennazza3Giuseppe Ferri4Gianluca Barile5Massimo Chello6Mario Lusini7Marco Santonico8Unit of Electronics for Sensor Systems, Department of Engineering, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, 00128 Rome, ItalyUnit of Electronics for Sensor Systems, Department of Engineering, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, 00128 Rome, ItalyUnit of Electronics for Sensor Systems, Department of Science and Technology for Humans and the Environment, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, 00128 Rome, ItalyUnit of Electronics for Sensor Systems, Department of Engineering, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, 00128 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Industrial and Information Engineering and Economics, University of L’Aquila, 67100 L’Aquila, ItalyDepartment of Industrial and Information Engineering and Economics, University of L’Aquila, 67100 L’Aquila, ItalyUnit of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, 00128 Rome, ItalyUnit of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, 00128 Rome, ItalyUnit of Electronics for Sensor Systems, Department of Science and Technology for Humans and the Environment, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, 00128 Rome, ItalyThe use of wearable sensors for health monitoring is rapidly growing. Over the past decade, wearable technology has gained much attention from the tech industry for commercial reasons and the interest of researchers and clinicians for reasons related to its potential benefit on patients’ health. Wearable devices use advanced and specialized sensors able to monitor not only activity parameters, such as heart rate or step count, but also physiological parameters, such as heart electrical activity or blood pressure. Electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring is becoming one of the most attractive health-related features of modern smartwatches, and, because cardiovascular disease (CVD) is one of the leading causes of death globally, the use of a smartwatch to monitor patients could greatly impact the disease outcomes on health care systems. Commercial wearable devices are able to record just single-lead ECG using a couple of metallic contact dry electrodes. This kind of measurement can be used only for arrhythmia diagnosis. For the diagnosis of other cardiac disorders, additional ECG leads are required. In this study, we characterized an electronic interface to be used with multiple contactless capacitive electrodes in order to develop a wearable ECG device able to perform several lead measurements. We verified the ability of the electronic interface to amplify differential biopotentials and to reject common-mode signals produced by electromagnetic interference (EMI). We developed a portable device based on the studied electronic interface that represents a prototype system for further developments. We evaluated the performances of the developed device. The signal-to-noise ratio of the output signal is favorable, and all the features needed for a clinical evaluation (P waves, QRS complexes and T waves) are clearly readable.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/8/2777wearable sensors and deviceswearable monitoring systemswearable healthcare electrocardiographywireless ECG monitoring systemselectronics for biosignals and biopotentialselectronic interfaces and embedded sensor systems for biomedical application |
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Alessandro Zompanti Anna Sabatini Simone Grasso Giorgio Pennazza Giuseppe Ferri Gianluca Barile Massimo Chello Mario Lusini Marco Santonico Development and Test of a Portable ECG Device with Dry Capacitive Electrodes and Driven Right Leg Circuit Sensors wearable sensors and devices wearable monitoring systems wearable healthcare electrocardiography wireless ECG monitoring systems electronics for biosignals and biopotentials electronic interfaces and embedded sensor systems for biomedical application |
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Alessandro Zompanti Anna Sabatini Simone Grasso Giorgio Pennazza Giuseppe Ferri Gianluca Barile Massimo Chello Mario Lusini Marco Santonico |
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Development and Test of a Portable ECG Device with Dry Capacitive Electrodes and Driven Right Leg Circuit |
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Development and Test of a Portable ECG Device with Dry Capacitive Electrodes and Driven Right Leg Circuit |
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Development and Test of a Portable ECG Device with Dry Capacitive Electrodes and Driven Right Leg Circuit |
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Development and Test of a Portable ECG Device with Dry Capacitive Electrodes and Driven Right Leg Circuit |
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Development and Test of a Portable ECG Device with Dry Capacitive Electrodes and Driven Right Leg Circuit |
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development and test of a portable ecg device with dry capacitive electrodes and driven right leg circuit |
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The use of wearable sensors for health monitoring is rapidly growing. Over the past decade, wearable technology has gained much attention from the tech industry for commercial reasons and the interest of researchers and clinicians for reasons related to its potential benefit on patients’ health. Wearable devices use advanced and specialized sensors able to monitor not only activity parameters, such as heart rate or step count, but also physiological parameters, such as heart electrical activity or blood pressure. Electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring is becoming one of the most attractive health-related features of modern smartwatches, and, because cardiovascular disease (CVD) is one of the leading causes of death globally, the use of a smartwatch to monitor patients could greatly impact the disease outcomes on health care systems. Commercial wearable devices are able to record just single-lead ECG using a couple of metallic contact dry electrodes. This kind of measurement can be used only for arrhythmia diagnosis. For the diagnosis of other cardiac disorders, additional ECG leads are required. In this study, we characterized an electronic interface to be used with multiple contactless capacitive electrodes in order to develop a wearable ECG device able to perform several lead measurements. We verified the ability of the electronic interface to amplify differential biopotentials and to reject common-mode signals produced by electromagnetic interference (EMI). We developed a portable device based on the studied electronic interface that represents a prototype system for further developments. We evaluated the performances of the developed device. The signal-to-noise ratio of the output signal is favorable, and all the features needed for a clinical evaluation (P waves, QRS complexes and T waves) are clearly readable. |
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wearable sensors and devices wearable monitoring systems wearable healthcare electrocardiography wireless ECG monitoring systems electronics for biosignals and biopotentials electronic interfaces and embedded sensor systems for biomedical application |
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