Design, Fabrication, and Testing of an IoT Healthcare Cardiac Monitoring Device

Ionel Zagan,Vasile Gheorghiță Găitan,Nicolai Iuga,Adrian-Ioan Petrariu,Adrian Brezulianu

doi:10.3390/computers9010015

Abstract

The expansion of the concept of the Internet of Things (IoT), together with wireless sensor networks, has given rise to a wide range of IoT applications. This paper presents and describes the concept, theory of operation, and practical results of a Telecare-ECG (Electrocardiogram) Monitoring device, designed for the remote monitoring of out-of-hospital cardiac patients. ECG monitoring using the Telecare-ECG Monitor system ensures a better quality of life for patients and greater possibilities for the real-time monitoring and signaling of sporadic cardiac events, by recording instantaneous cardiac arrhythmias captured during certain activities or in the daily environment of the patient; furthermore, hospital resources are less impacted by this device than other devices. In accordance with the novelty and contribution of this paper to the field of ECG investigations, the results obtained in the analysis, testing, and validation of the Telecare-ECG Monitor system refer to the optimization of the functionality of the mobile ECG device under conditions that were as similar to reality as possible.

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Cyber-Physical Systems are the evolutionary step from existing embedded systems and field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs)
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Introduction

Cyber-Physical Systems are the evolutionary step from existing embedded systems and field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). In addition to the Internet and online services and data, embedded systems have been combined to form Cyber-Physical Systems (CPSs). CPSs provide the basis for creating the Internet of Things. Their role is to validate technologies that turn innovative processes and applications into reality so that, in the future, the borders between the real and the virtual will disappear. As a result, these systems promise to revolutionize our interactions with the physical world, just as the Internet has transformed communication and personal interactions [1]. Terms like real-time systems, real-time operating systems, FPGAs, and microcontrollers are closely connected to embedded systems and their future versions, CPSs

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