title: Wireless transmission of biosignals for hyperbaric chamber applications.
abstract: This paper presents a wireless system to send biosignals outside a hyperbaric chamber avoiding wires going through the chamber walls. Hyperbaric chambers are becoming more and more common due to new indications of hyperbaric oxygen treatments. Metallic walls physically isolate patients inside the chamber, where getting a patient's vital signs turns into a painstaking task. The paper proposes using a ZigBee-based network to wirelessly transmit the patient's biosignals to the outside of the chamber. In particular, a wearable battery supported device has been designed, implemented and tested. Although the implementation has been conducted to transmit the electrocardiography signal, the device can be easily adapted to consider other biosignals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Systems Engineering and Automation, Miguel Hernandez University, Elche, Spain.
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Perez-Vidal
authors.affiliation: Instituto IDF, Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain.
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gracia
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Illes Balears University, Palma, Spain.
authors.forename: Cristian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Carmona
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Illes Balears University, Palma, Spain.
authors.forename: Bartomeu
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Alorda
authors.affiliation: MEDIBAROX Hyperbaric Unit, Perpetuo Socorro Hospital, Alicante, Spain.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Salinas
mesh_terms: D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation; D011846:Radio Waves