Unique bracelet for health condition monitoring worked out in MEPhI
25.02.2016

General Physics Department engineer Vitaliy Florentsev together with Innovative Small Enterprise “Kadetek” have offered to expand the facilities of multifunctional bracelets market using them for medical purposes. Pulsometer, tonometer, passometer, Holter monitoring, skin temperature- and moisture-measuring system, environmental temperature and air pressure sensor, data about running, cycling, swimming and GPS are a list of functions to be incorporated into one device – a multifunctional bracelet Hgazer. The name comprised of «health» and «gazer» reflects the main idea of intense scrutiny of clients’ state of health.

The system can automatically identify heart disorders comparing the received data with programmed limits and calculate statistical characteristics.

The bracelet conveniently fits the arm. An active optical sensor which allows controlling the pulse and measuring the oxygen level in blood by the intensity of reflection of radiation with different wave-length fr om blood cells is incorporated into the device case. The bracelet has sensors of temperature, skin moisture, environmental air pressure, positional checking. Information about subject state can be shown at the main screen of the device as well as reading devices connected to PC.

The main advantage is the absence of numerous wires for ECG monitoring and application of modern specification detector PQRST-area PS25251 EPIC UHI ECG Sensor. The developers have renounced electric motor - air pump into an air bag-cuff as well as the bag itself which make carpal tonometers inconvenient in everyday wear and consuming too much battery charge.

An alternative has been offered – a compact “breathing” silicone cuff with channels full of liquid wh ere pressure is made by piezoelectric ceramic pushers. The device is compact, energy efficient and noiseless.

The system is different from existing analogues because of the elements described above and it belongs to 2 classes: wearable electronics and medical equipment.