Health monitoring textile-based sensors

Meirit, C.F. (2008) Electronic Textile-based Sensors and Systems for Long-term Health Monitoring, PhD thesis. Available from http //repository.lib.ncsu.edu/ir/bitstream/1840. 16/4448/1/etd.pdf (assessed 31.08.14.). 

In this chapter, biomedical sensors for wearable computing including their measur-and and measured parameters are discussed, and then the available techniques for the textile-based body sensor networks design are considered. In order to demonstrate the potential benefits of the textile-based wearable wireless body sensor networks, recent development in wireless vital signals monitoring systems based on loT for health care and fitness applications are reviewed. 

Hantzsche E, Matthes A, Nocke A, Cherif CH. Characteristics of carbon fiber based strain sensors for sfiucmral-health monitoring of textile-reinforced thermoplastic composites depending on the textile technological integration process. Sens Actuators A Phys 1 December 2013 A203 189-203. 

In the medical field, many textile-based devices using piezoelectric materials as sensors and actuators have been developed. A medical ECG chest, sleep monitor, patient care tremor suppressor, and breast cancer detection bra are some of the many devices that employ various forms of piezo materials. Several portable types of health monitors... 

The health care industry is capitalizing on new medical technologies based on loT that will both dramatically improve care and lower costs. There is a dramatic growth in medical devices that use wireless technologies, some implanted and some worn on the body, to control bodily functions and to measure an array of physiological parameters. For example, implanted devices with biosensors and actuators can control heart rhythms, monitor hypertension, provide functional electrical stimulation of nerves, operate as glaucoma sensors, and monitor bladder and cranial pressure [3]. Electronic textiles (E-Tex)-based WBSNs for noninvasive health care monitoring will be the most... 

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