Wireless transmission of biosignals for hyperbaric chamber applications

This paper presents a wireless system to send biosignals outside a hyperbaric chamber avoiding wires going through the chamber walls. Hyperbaric chambers are becoming more and more common due to new indications of hyperbaric oxygen treatments. Metallic walls physically isolate patients inside the ch...

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Published in:PloS one 2017-03, Vol.12 (3), p.e0172768-e0172768
Main Authors: Perez-Vidal, Carlos, Gracia, Luis, Carmona, Cristian, Alorda, Bartomeu, Salinas, Antonio
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Architectural engineering
Computer and Information Sciences
Computer engineering
EKG
Electrocardiography
Engineering and Technology
Hyperbaric chambers
Hyperbaric oxygen
Hyperbaric Oxygenation
Oxygen
Patients
Radio Waves
Receivers & amplifiers
Research and Analysis Methods
Sensors
Wireless communications
Wireless networks
Wireline equipment
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Summary:This paper presents a wireless system to send biosignals outside a hyperbaric chamber avoiding wires going through the chamber walls. Hyperbaric chambers are becoming more and more common due to new indications of hyperbaric oxygen treatments. Metallic walls physically isolate patients inside the chamber, where getting a patient's vital signs turns into a painstaking task. The paper proposes using a ZigBee-based network to wirelessly transmit the patient's biosignals to the outside of the chamber. In particular, a wearable battery supported device has been designed, implemented and tested. Although the implementation has been conducted to transmit the electrocardiography signal, the device can be easily adapted to consider other biosignals.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0172768