Sleeping ECG and body position monitoring system.
A textile-based ECG system for sleeper is presented. The electrode in the system is supported by a foam pad to ensure good contact as well as comfort to the wearer, and a flexible rubber to ensure that the electrode will electrically connect to the wearer only when pressed. Eight electrodes are multiplexed such that exactly two electrodes are pressed to connect the wearer no matter how the wearer lies. When the wearer lies in different positions, he/she will press different two electrodes, and then the morphology of the output ECG signal will be different accordingly. By this feature, the system can not only detect ECG but also determine the position of the sleeper.
Yang
Chang-Ming
CM
Ming Young Biomedical Corp., No. 27, Guangfu Rd., Jhunan, Miaoli 350, Taiwan. young@my-cares.com
Chou
Chun-Mei
CM
Chen
Sau-Gee
SG
Li
Bing-Jing
BJ
Hung
Shu-Hui
SH
Yang
Chang-Hwa
CH
Wu
Chih-Chung
CC
Hsieh
Mi-Chi
MC
Yang
Tsu-Lin
TL
D003020:Clothing; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D004566:Electrodes; D004867:Equipment Design; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology; D011187:Posture; D015398:Signal Transduction; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*; D013784:Textiles / Q000145:classification