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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Heart Monitor"”.
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A wearable heart monitor at the ear using ballistocardiogram (BCG) and electrocardiogram (ECG) with a nanowatt ECG heartbeat detection circuit
This work presents a wearable heart monitor at the ear that uses the ballistocardiogram (BCG) and the electrocardiogram (ECG) to extract heart rate, stroke volume, and pre-ejection period (PEP) for the application of continuous heart monitoring. Being a natural anchoring point, the ear is …
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Design and development of a low cost heart best monitor device using finger photoplethysmography technique :|bcircuit design and fabrication of a non-invasive heart beat monitoring device that employs reflectance and transmission mode photoplethysmography using parallel port interface and microcontroller PIC16F84A.
A low cost Heart Beat Monitoring device (HBMD) for detecting heart beat in beats per minute is presented in this thesis. An optical technique called “Photoplethysmography” is utilized by attaching to the base of the finger for monitoring beat to beat pulsation. Two major design issues addressed in …
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Post 9/11 combat veterans in agriculture: Healing, peace, and purpose
… completing a health questionnaire, wearing a heart monitor and keeping a journal of their activities. Shining light on this subject promotes healing, peace, and purpose through agriculture for Post 9/11 Combat Veterans.
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i-MOM: Improving Maternal-fetal Outcome Monitoring
… the United States is use of an electronic fetal monitor (EFM), which is employed to predict and eliminate hypoxic injury during birth. However, since inception of the EFM in the 1960s, incidence of hypoxic injury has remained nearly the same. Riddled with conflicting and confusing data, the EFM …
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Wearable Heart Sound and EKG Recorder
<p>Acute congestive heart failure is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Patients often undergo repeated hospitalizations with an annual cost in excess of $32B dollars. Early detection of impending acute congestion allows for pharmaceutical interdiction that prevents hospitalization, …
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Propuesta de un sistema de monitorización remota de dispositivos implantados en pacientes cardiológicos : Consideraciones económicas, organizativas y de calidad percibida
… al corazón del paciente, y son capaces de monitorizar la actividad eléctrica del mismo y actuar mediante descargas eléctricas evitando posibles muertes. Estos complejos dispositivos tienen que ser revisados periódicamente, generando un grupo de pacientes crónicos que sobrecargan al sistema …