Open AccessWireless transmission of biosignals for hyperbaric chamber applications
Author(s) -
Carlos Pérez-Vidal,
Luis Gracia,
Cristian Carmona,
B. Alorda,
Salinas Antonio
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
plos one
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.99
H-Index - 332
ISSN - 1932-6203
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pone.0172768
Subject(s) - wearable computer , computer science , wireless , transmission (telecommunications) , hyperbaric oxygen , wireless transmission , battery (electricity) , embedded system , computer hardware , telecommunications , medicine , physics , surgery , power (physics) , quantum mechanics
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.