title: Design and implementation of a smart sensor for respiratory rate monitoring.
abstract: This work presents the design, development and implementation of a smart sensor to monitor the respiratory rate. This sensor is aimed at overcoming the drawbacks of other systems currently available in market, namely, devices that are costly, uncomfortable, difficult-to-install, provide low detection sensitivity, and little-to-null patient-to-patient calibration. The device is based on capacitive sensing by means of an LC oscillator. Experimental results show that the sensor meets the necessary requirements, making feasible the proposed monitoring system with the technology used.
authors.affiliation: OnTech Security Enterprise, C/Lucena del Puerto, Huelva E-21002, Spain. juan.aponte@ontech.es.
authors.forename: Juan Aponte
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Luis
authors.affiliation: Biomedical Engineering Group, University of Seville, Avda de los Descubrimientos, s/n, Seville E-41092, Spain. laura@esi.us.es.
authors.forename: Laura M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Roa Romero
authors.affiliation: Department of Electronic Engineering, Computers, and Automatic, University of Huelva, Ctra Huelva, La Rábida, s/n, Huelva 21819, Spain. carlmass@diesia.uhu.es.
authors.forename: Juan Antonio
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Gómez-Galán
authors.affiliation: Biomedical Engineering Group, University of Seville, Avda de los Descubrimientos, s/n, Seville E-41092, Spain. davidazuaga@gmail.com.
authors.forename: David Naranjo
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Hernández
authors.affiliation: Biomedical Engineering Group, University of Seville, Avda de los Descubrimientos, s/n, Seville E-41092, Spain. m.estudillo@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Miguel Ángel
authors.initials: MÁ
authors.lastname: Estudillo-Valderrama
authors.affiliation: Biomedical Engineering Group, University of Seville, Avda de los Descubrimientos, s/n, Seville E-41092, Spain. gbarbarov@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Gerardo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Barbarov-Rostán
authors.affiliation: Department of Electronic Engineering, Computers, and Automatic, University of Huelva, Ctra Huelva, La Rábida, s/n, Huelva 21819, Spain. carlmass@diesia.uhu.es.
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rubia-Marcos