788.11J Presentation“Smart Jacket”

Presented by Mahmoud Moneeb Azab

The Main Idea

• Critically ill new born babies admitted at the

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) are extremely

tiny and vulnerable to external disturbance.

• Smart Jacket is the vision of a wearable

unobtrusive continuous monitoring system

realized by body sensor networks (BSN) and

wireless communication.

The Main Achievements

•The Smart Jacket provides continuous monitoring of

vital functions

– Contains the integration of conductive textiles for ECG

monitoring

– Platform for future research, in which wireless

communication, power supply and sensors are developed

– Obtains a sense of trust by parents

– Reliability : improved ECG signal obtained

– Wearability :the success of the Smart Jacket largely

depends on the wearable comfort of the jacket.

Contribution

• The Smart Jacket is already being used as a

platform for further research.

• TU/e researchers from different departments are

working on new wearable electronics/photonics

and wireless technology.

• PowerBoy is the first step towards a wireless

power supply.

The Challenges

• Support the vital health monitoring functions

• Be safe to use in the NICU environment

• Be scalable to include more monitoring functions

such as wireless communication and local signal

Processing

The Challenges

• For non-invasive neonatal monitoring encompass

movement artifacts, miniaturized sensors, system

modeling, power supply for wearable systems,

design process from designing printed circuit

board (PCB) to form giving, and clinical validation.

• Support continuous monitoring when the baby is

inside the incubator or during Kangaroo mother

Care

The Challenges

• Gain the feeling of trust by the parents and the

• Medical staff through an attractive design

• Be non-intrusive and avoid disturbance of the

• Baby and avoid causes of stress

• Provide appropriate feedback which is also

• Interpretable for parents and hospital staff on

whether the system’s components are correctly

functioning

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