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- Title
Design intelligent wheelchair with ECG measurement and wireless transmission function.
- Authors
Hsi-Chiang Chou; Yi-Ming Wang; Huai-Yuan Chang; Chou, Hsi-Chiang; Wang, Yi-Ming; Chang, Huai-Yuan
- Abstract
The phenomenon of aging populations has produced widespread health awareness and magnified the need for improved medical quality and technologies. Statistics show that ischemic heart disease is the leading cause of death for older people and people with reduced mobility; therefore, wheelchairs have become their primary means of transport. Hence, an arrhythmia-detecting smart wheelchair was proposed in this study to provide real-time electrocardiography (ECG)-monitoring to patients with heart disease and reduced mobility. A self-developed, handheld ECG-sensing instrument was integrated with a wheelchair and a lab-written, arrhythmia-detecting program. The measured ECG data were transmitted through a Wi-Fi module and analyzed and diagnosed using the human-machine interface.
- Subjects
WHEELCHAIR design &; construction; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; WIRELESS Internet; PRODUCT quality; REAL-time control; MEDICAL care of cardiac patients; AMBULATORY electrocardiography; ARRHYTHMIA diagnosis; BIOTELEMETRY; ALGORITHMS; USER interfaces; WHEELCHAIRS; PRODUCT design; EQUIPMENT &; supplies
- Publication
Technology & Health Care, 2016, Vol 24, pS345
- ISSN
0928-7329
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.3233/THC-151092