title: Respiratory rate detection using a wearable electromagnetic generator.
abstract: Wearable health and fitness monitoring systems are a promising new way of collecting physiological data without inconveniencing patients. Human energy harvesting may be used to power wearable sensors. In this paper, we explore this zero-net energy biosensor concept through sensing and harvesting of respiratory effort. An off the shelf servo motor operation in reverse was used to successfully obtain respiratory rate, while also demonstrating significant harvested power. These are the first reported respiratory rate sensing results using electromagnetic generators.
authors.affiliation: University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA. brysonep@hawaii.edu
authors.forename: Bryson
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Padasdao
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Boric-Lubecke
mesh_terms: D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012119:Respiration