A noncontact ECG pad system integrated into a chair successfully measured ECG signals through clothing without skin preparation, enabling unobtrusive long-term cardiac monitoring.
A noncontact ECG pad system integrated into a chair can measure cardiac signals through clothing, offering a high-compliance method for long-term unobtrusive monitoring.
This paper describes measurements made using an ECG system with QUASAR's capacitive bioelectrodes integrated into a pad system that is placed over a chair. QUASAR's capacitive bioelectrode has the property of measuring bioelectric potentials at a small separation from the body. This enables the measurement of ECG signals through fabric, without the removal of clothing or preparation of skin. The ECG was measured through the subject's clothing while the subject sat in the chair without any supporting action from the subject. The ECG pad system is an example of a high compliance system that places minimal requirements upon the subject and, consequently, can be used to generate a long-term record from ECG segments collected on a daily basis, providing valuable information on long-term trends in cardiac health.
McDonald et al. (Wed,) reported a other. Noncontact ECG system with QUASAR's capacitive bioelectrodes was evaluated on Measurement of ECG signals through fabric. A noncontact ECG pad system integrated into a chair successfully measured ECG signals through clothing without skin preparation, enabling unobtrusive long-term cardiac monitoring.