Measurement of electrocardiograms in a bath through tap water utilizing capacitive coupling electrodes placed outside the bathtub wall

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• 作者：Kosuke Motoi ; Yasuhiro Yamakoshi ; Takehiro Yamakoshi…
• 关键词：Non ; invasive and non ; intrusive health monitoring ; Home facilities ; Bathing ; Bathtub wall ; Capacitive coupling electrodes ; Electrocardiogram (ECG) ; Respiration ; RR interval
• 刊名：BioMedical Engineering OnLine
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：December 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：16
• 期：1
• 全文大小：2124KB
• 刊物类别：Engineering
• 刊物主题：Biomedical Engineering; Biomaterials; Biotechnology; Biomedical Engineering/Biotechnology;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1475-925X
• 卷排序：16

文摘

BackgroundTaking a bath sometimes poses a risk for subjects with chronic cardiopulmonary disorders, due to the thermal effect and water pressure on his/her body. The ECG measurement would be helpful for the early recognition of abnormal cardiac beats and respiratory conditions. This paper describes a new attempt to improve on previous bathtub ECG measurement techniques that had electrodes placed inside the bathtub that were intrusive to the subjects’ bathing experience. This study is concerned with the initial development of a method to measure an electrocardiogram (ECG) through tap water without conscious awareness of the presence of electrodes that are placed outside the bathtub wall.