Miniaturized module for the wireless transmission of measurements with Bluetooth.
The wiring of patients for obtaining medical measurements has many disadvantages. In order to limit these, a miniaturized module was developed which digitalizes analog signals and sends the signal wirelessly to the receiver using Bluetooth. Bluetooth is especially suitable for this application because distances of up to 10 m are possible with low power consumption and robust transmission with encryption. The module consists of a Bluetooth chip, which is initialized in such a way by a microcontroller that connections from other bluetooth receivers can be accepted. The signals are then transmitted to the distant end. The maximum bit rate of the 23 mm x 30 mm module is 73.5 kBit/s. At 4.7 kBit/s, the current consumption is 12 mA.
Roth
H
H
FZI Forschungszentrum Informatik, Karlsruhe, Germany.
Schwaibold
M
M
Moor
C
C
Schöchlin
J
J
Bolz
A
A
D000669:Amplifiers, Electronic; D034201:Computers, Handheld; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008838:Microcomputers; D008904:Miniaturization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011845:Radio / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013686:Telemetry / Q000295:instrumentation*