# A low cost wearable medical device for vital signs monitoring in low-resource settings
> Niswar M.

URL kanonis: https://discover.unhas.ac.id/publications/a-low-cost-wearable-medical-device-for-vital-signs-monitoring-in-low-resource-se
Jurnal / Konferensi: International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Tahun terbit: 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.11591/ijece.v9i4.pp2321-2327
ISSN: 20888708
Kuartil SJR: Q3
Citations: 21

## Authors
- Niswar M.

## Abstract
Medical devices are often expensive, so people in low-income countries cannot afford them. This paper presents the design of a low-cost wearable medical device to measure vital signs of a patient including heart rate, blood oxygen saturation level (SpO2) and respiratory rate. The wearable medical device mainly consists of a microcontroller and two biomedical sensors including airflow thermal sensor to measure respiratory rate and pulse oximeter sensor to measure SpO2 and heart rate. We can monitor the vital signs from a smartphone using a web browser through IEEE802.11 wireless connectivity to the wearable medical device. Furthermore, the wearable medical device requires simple management to operate; hence, it can be easily used. Performance evaluation results show that the designed wearable medical device works as good as a standard SpO2 device and it can measure the respiratory rate properly. The designed wearable medical device is inexpensive and appropriate for low-resource settings. Moreover, as its components are commonly available in the market, it easy to assembly and repair locally.

## Keywords
- Wearable computer
- Vital signs
- Computer science
- Microcontroller
- Wearable technology
- Respiratory rate
- Embedded system
- Measure (data warehouse)
- Real-time computing
- Medicine
- Heart rate
- Database
- Surgery
- Blood pressure
- Radiology

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