Abstract:

A wearable electrocardiography(ECG) electrode was made successfully by conductive textile which was attached onto a specially designed waistcoat and comected to an ECG measuring unit. By means of the regression analysis of the parameters of the ECG and pulse waves, the calculation expressions were derived for the systolie and diastolic blood pressures. A user handstet was communicated with the measuring unit through the bluetooth interface to form a human body area network, and the continuous and dynonmic monitorihg of the cardiovascular parameters, such as the ECG, the blood pressure, and the blood oxygen faction was realized.

Key words: instrumentation technology, wearable health monitoring systems, textile electrocardiography(ECG) electrode, pulse wave, body area network, cuffless blood pressure measurement