M-health: trends in wearable medical devices
Teng, X.-f.; Zhang, Y.-T.
Zhongguo Yi Liao Qi Xie Za Zhi 30(5): 330-340
2006
ISSN/ISBN: 1671-7104 PMID: 17165561 Document Number: 596808
This paper focuses on the trends in wearable medical devices for the applications in m-health. The state-of-art technologies for the continuous and noninvasive measurements of physiological parameters, implementation platforms of wearable medical devices - e-textile, and body sensor networks are reviewed here with examples of related recent research projects conducted in different countries. In addition, we introduce our recent research project on the e-textile-based health shirt (h-shirt), which can measure arterial blood pressure noninvasively, continuously and cufflessly.