title: A portable ECG monitoring device with Bluetooth and Holter capabilities for telemedicine applications.
abstract: A prototype of a portable ECG-monitoring device has been developed for clinical and non-clinical environments as part of a telemedicine system to provide remote and continuous surveillance of patients. The device can acquire, store and/or transmit ECG signals to computer-based platforms or specially configured access points (AP) with Intranet/Internet capabilities in order to reach remote monitoring stations. Acquired data can be stored in a flash memory card in FAT16 format for later recovery, or transmitted via Bluetooth or USB to a local station or AP. This data acquisition module (DAM) operates in two modes: Holter and on-line transmission.
authors.affiliation: Grupo de Bioingeniería y Biofísica Aplicada Research group in Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas, Venezuela. dlucani@gbba.usb.ve
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lucani
authors.forename: Giancarlos
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cataldo
authors.forename: Julio
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cruz
authors.forename: Guillermo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Villegas
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wong
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D003201:Computers; D034201:Computers, Handheld; D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D015716:Electrocardiography, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D020407:Internet; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D013686:Telemetry; D014584:User-Computer Interface