Hi, I am quite new to arduino but i have a project in mind,
I want to develop and ECG vest that people will be able to wear while at home, this in effect could mean that people with cardiovascular diseases can be remotely monitored while being at home, with a 24 hour surveillance system embedded in their clothing.
I currently have developed my ECG circuit, however, I am currently mistified of how I could use the arduino to use the signal output from my ecg system into a lillypad arduino and then send it wirelessly via an antenna into a receiving unit, in order to do all the processing.
I just write here to verify if what I am thinking is totally rubbish or if this project could have some sort of positive outcome.
Maybe I am going to over the top by using an arduino, but I have myself had a family member in this state staying in a hospital away from home and this device could possibly make a difference
Instead of RF signalling you could try using inductive coupling between a coil in the vest and a wire loop which runs around a room at floor and/or ceiling height, since continuous local RF might have adverse health effects. The circuit in the vest could be as simple as a battery powered op-amp which amplifies the EGC signal to drives the coil in the vest, which would act as the primary of a loosely coupled air-cored transformer.
Hi, I have currently designed the ecg using the op amp, and i nterms of health issues I was thinking a waearable antenna with sufficient rf shielding could prove successful in this matter, what I am more concerned about is how to process the output of the op amp and transfer it to the antenna for successful transmission.
Hence I thought the lillypad could do this for me.