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UPDATE - Week 1
The project idea was formed by the group on 1st
April on the first lab session. The idea was a combination of the resources
and topics available in the lab section 106. The lab topics covered a few
aspects of bio-medical applications and the group decided on an appropriate project
that would use the available skillset of the group. So, this meant finding a bio-medical application that required electrical and computer engineers.
As a result we decided to use the provided simple
2- lead wearable ECG monitor and Arduino board to make a remote heart
monitoring system. The idea behind this was to make a portable heart monitoring
device that kept track of the rhythm of patient’s heart. The benefit of doing
so would mean that less complicated devices would be involved, and the patient
will be able to carry on with normal activity.
Major updates:
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Technical: A Bluetooth shield will be used for the wireless
transmission, and the Bluetooth would be paired to a smartphone with built-in Bluetooth.
A mobile application would be made to display and process the information received.
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Software: Android platform will be used to design the mobile application.
The preferred programming language for this platform is Java. Some member have
previous programming experiences and they will build on those to program on
Android.
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Feasibility: The Bluetooth shield would set us back by about
$30.00.
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Next week work: More research and work on Arduino is required
since none of the group members are familiar with it. We will also be looking
into Bluetooth hardware.
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Project Overview
The Problem:
Heart health problem has been a big issues for many years. There are lot of heart health monitor product in the market to help them keep track their health. However there are patient, who can not take care themselves even when they know the heart problem is coming. If the patient is alone, and he does not has the ability to ask for any assistance. The heart problem can be fatal to the patient.
The Design Objective: 1.Design a sensor that can sense heart beat
2. Design algorithm to accurately calculate heart beat
3. Design a mobile application that connects to the sensor
4. Make the design minimal and aesthetically pleasing
The workflow of heart rate monitor
Heart health problem has been a big issues for many years. There are lot of heart health monitor product in the market to help them keep track their health. However there are patient, who can not take care themselves even when they know the heart problem is coming. If the patient is alone, and he does not has the ability to ask for any assistance. The heart problem can be fatal to the patient.
The Design Objective: 1.Design a sensor that can sense heart beat
2. Design algorithm to accurately calculate heart beat
3. Design a mobile application that connects to the sensor
4. Make the design minimal and aesthetically pleasing
The workflow of heart rate monitor
The monitor will check the heart rate of users. after record a number of times, it will send those record to the phone by using Bluetooth or WiFi.
After the phone get the records, it will arrange the records and compare with the older records and try to find out weather user get ill.
The application will help doctors and hospitals track one or more patients at the same time. The application also can notice not only the hospitals and doctors, but also the people who setting in the application if the patients' heart rate becomes abnormal. It can help patients get treatment more quickly.
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