A prototype smartphone case with dry electrodes for real-time ECG and heart rate monitoring was feasible and demonstrated results comparable to medical grade devices in a laboratory environment.
A novel smartphone case with dry electrodes can capture real-time ECG signals comparable to medical-grade devices, offering a potential tool for early detection of heart diseases.
This paper presents the design and prototype of a wireless health monitoring system using mobile phone accessories. We focus on measuring real-time electrocardiogram (ECG) and heart rate monitoring using a smartphone case. With the increasing number of cardiac patients worldwide, this design can be used for early detection of heart diseases. Unlike most of the existing methods that use an optical sensor to monitor heart rate, our approach is to measure real-time ECG with dry electrodes placed on smartphone case. The collected ECG signal can be stored and analyzed in real time through a smartphone application for prognosis and diagnosis. The proposed hardware system consists of a single chip microcontroller (RFduino) embedded with Bluetooth low energy, hence miniaturizing the size and prolonging battery life. The system called “smart case” has been tested in a laboratory environment. We also designed a 3-D printed smartphone case to validate the feasibly of the system. The results demonstrated that the proposed system could be comparable to medical grade devices.
Mahmud et al. (Mon,) conducted a other in Heart diseases. Wireless health monitoring system using a smartphone case (smart case) vs. Medical grade devices was evaluated on Feasibility and comparability to medical grade devices. A prototype smartphone case with dry electrodes for real-time ECG and heart rate monitoring was feasible and demonstrated results comparable to medical grade devices in a laboratory environment.