Patient Monitoring Via Wireless Nodes and LAN

Abstract

The classical patient monitoring system involves measurement of clinical parameters like blood pressure, heart beat and temperature. The nurse measures all these parameters, writes it and reports it to the respective doctor periodically. Our project takes advantage of telecommunication where information acquisition and logging can be done automatically. This information is available anywhere, any time. It will reduce human effort and this system can b used for patients at home or patients in hospitals. There has been an exponential increase in health care costs in the last decade. Patients have to make frequent visits to their doctor to get their vital signs measured. There is a huge market for non-invasive methods of measurement of these vital signs. The objective of this project is to design and implement a reliable, cheap, low powered, non-intrusive, and accurate system that can be worn on a regular basis and monitors the vital signs and displaying periodically. This data is also easily accessible by the physician through wireless network on computer system. This project specifically deals with the signal conditioning and data acquisition of three vital signs: 1. Heart Beat 2. Blood pressure 3. Body temperature