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professionalprofessional rescuersrescuers and and firefire fightersfighters::

the the ProetexProetex ProjectProject

Third Nordic Smart Textiles Network Meeting, Oslo June 24th, 2009

Annalisa Bonfiglio

INFM-CNR & University of Cagliari, Italy

Oslo, 24th June 2009

PROETEX conceptPROETEX concept

A textile A textile

platform platform

for:for:

Sensing, Sensing,

actuation, actuation,

processing, processing,

energy, energy,

transmissiontransmission

Outer Garment:Outer Garment:

Accelerometers, Accelerometers,

External External

Temperature, Temperature,

GPS, Alarms, GPS, Alarms,

Flexible Battery Flexible Battery

Inner Garment sensors:Inner Garment sensors:

Heart rate, respiration,Heart rate, respiration,

temperaturetemperature

Electronic Box:Electronic Box:

Data Processing & Data Processing &

TransmissionTransmission

Shoe:Shoe:

Toxic Gas Sensor, Wireless Toxic Gas Sensor, Wireless

TransmissionTransmission

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PROETEX conceptPROETEX concept

In addition:In addition:

Sensing & Sensing &

transmissiontransmission

for victim for victim

carecare

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Numbers of Numbers of ProetexProetex

Timing & Applicative

objectives

M18 M36 M48 ���� M54

Members

& Funding

12.8

8.1

22

6%33.6%60.4%Costs

9.4%28.9%61.7%Budget

311 (5 SMEs)8PartnersPartners

End UsersCompaniesAcademics &

Research

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Which emergencies?

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Wearable Sensors

Impedancepneumography

Pletismography

Parameter

•Heart beat rate

•Respiratory rate

•Body Temperature

•Blood Oxygen Saturation

•Dehydration (from sweat)

Textile electrode

Digital TemperatureSensor

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Wearable Sensors

Outer garment:

Accelerometers + textile piezoresistorsfor motion/posture detection

Gas sensor

Termperaturesensor

Thermal Flow sensor

Shoe: Gas sensors + posture sensor

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Wearable Communication systems

Wearable Antenna

PEB

Short Range On Body Communication

WirelessBoot Sensor

WirelessHelmet Sensor

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Wearable Energy

10 nW

100 nW

1µµµµW

10 µW

100 µW

1 mW

10 mW

100 mW

1 W

10 W

100 W

µP desktop

µP laptop

GSM

Medical Implants

Tag RFID

standby

10 nW

100 nW

1µµµµW

10 µW

100 µW

1 mW

10 mW

100 mW

1 W

10 W

100 W

10 nW

100 nW

1µµµµW

10 µW

µW

10 mW

100 mW

µP desktop

µP laptop

GSM

PALM, MP3

Receiver FM

Tag RFID

Electronic watch

standby

Transceiver Bluetooth

Quartz Oscillator 32 kHz

S ens o

rs

S ens o

rs

S ens o

rs

S ens o

rsW i r

el es s

W i rel e

s s

W i rel e

s s

W i rel e

s s C om m

C om m

C om m

C om m

T h e r m e l e c t PV

R F tr a n s m .

µ F C

R F M o ti o n.

Flexible batteries

Flexible

Photovoltaics

+ piezoelectric and thermoelectric generation

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Highlights Highlights

Outer Outer

garment garment

& Shoes& Shoes

Focus on:Focus on:

� Customization of the outer garment for the different end-users

� Power autonomy and communication for the shoe

� Lessons learnt from the 1Lessons learnt from the 1stst prototypesprototypes

� Fabrication and first tests of the 2Fabrication and first tests of the 2ndnd prototypesprototypes

Inner Inner

Garment & Garment &

Victim Victim

PatchPatch

Focus on:Focus on:

�Assessment of the first prototypes in professional physiological labs

�Lessons learnt: design of the second prototypes

�Fabrication of the Second Generation of Prototypes

Main novelties of prototypesMain novelties of prototypes’’ second generationsecond generation

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Flow of activitiesFlow of activities

4th

CommunicCommunic

ationsations

ElectronicsElectronics

3rd2nd1stTextile Textile

prototypesprototypes

System Integration

Lab testing

Ergonomic trials

Field trials

(n+1)th

generationsource drain

insulator

organic semiconductor

Vds

Vg

gate

bio-functionalized receptor layer

sourcesource draindrain

insulator

organic semiconductor

Vds

Vg

gate

bio-functionalized receptor layer

nth

generation

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Laboratory tests 1st prototype

Professional physiological laboratories:

�“Centro Studi Attività Motorie” (CSAM) of the Fondazione S. Maugeri, Pavia (Italy)

�“Centre Recherche Service Santé Armée” (CRSSA), Grenoble (France).

Field Trial Scenario 1 Field Trial Scenario 2

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Protocol of Laboratory tests

List of activities

1. Subject sitting on a chair, quiet standing;2. Subject walking slowly on a treadmill (speed: 2.5 km/h, slope:

0 %);3. Subject sitting on a chair, quiet standing;4. Subject walking fast on a treadmill (speed: 5.0 km/h, slope: 0

%);5. Subject sitting on a chair, quiet standing;6. Subject climbing a slope on a treadmill (speed: 4.0 km/h,

slope 13 %);7. Subject sitting on a chair, quiet standing;8. Subject climbing a slope on a treadmill (speed: 4.0 km/h,

slope 13 %): elastic band 9. Subject sitting on a chair, quiet standing, with elastic band10. Subject running on a treadmill (speed: 8.0 Km/h, slope: 0 %):

elastic band.

11. Subject sitting on a chair, quiet standing, with elastic band

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Reference systems

Golden Standard

ECG Holter

(ClickHolter by Cardioline)

Pr oetex HolterError

Holter

HR HRPerc

HR

−=

Statistical Analysis•mean error & standard deviation

•mean distance & standard deviation

•mean percentage error

•statistical distributions of the errors

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Golden Standard

Spirometer

HS 255N Human Physiology Kit by

CB Sciences

Statistical Analysis•mean error & standard deviation

•mean distance & standard deviation

•mean percentage error

•statistical distributions of the errors

Spirometer

Spirometeroetex

ErrorBR

BRBRPerc

−=

Pr

Reference systems

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Heart Rate

• Mild or normal activity: mean <1.6 bpmstd<5bpm

• Intense activity: mean>20 bpm std<22 bpm

• With elastic band during intense activitymean<1.3 bpm std<1.6 bpm �Improvement!

– Solution implemented in the Second Prototype

• Breathing Rate

• Mild or normal activity: 1.4<mean <2.6 bpmstd<2.6 bpm

• Intense activity: mean>20 bpm Problem!

– Position of the sensor has been changed in the second prototype

Summary of results and indications for proto n. 2

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• Tests in the Climatic Chamber at T = 45 °C, Rh 60%, wind 0.8 m/s (very hard conditions) set the working limit of the prototype due to

– Size

– Hydrogel membranes

– Hyper transpiration of the user

Summary of results and indications for proto n. 2

�Remotion of hydrogel membranes

�Production of more sizes of the inner garment in order to fit many different subjects

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Main novelties of the second prototypesMain novelties of the second prototypes

Inner Garment: how it was

Heart rate:

Textile electrodes

Breathing rate:

Piezoresistive sensors,

Textile electrodes

Body temperature:

Lm92

Inner Garment: how it is

Totally washable, Nomex fabric, long sleeves, new sensors

The electronic is located in an external, detachable band

Dedicated connectors

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Main novelties of the second prototypesMain novelties of the second prototypes

Inner Garment: how it is

A new architecture for the inner garment and the electronics

+

New sensors:

•SpO2

•Piezoelectricsensor

•Body Temperature

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Outer garment: lessons learnt from the first prototype

• The protection level should be adapted to the use.

=> Different design for different End Users (Civil Protection, Forest and Urban Fire Fighters).

• A shortened vest to increase the mobility (FF).

=> The continuity of the protection ensured by shorter vest + higher trousers.

• It is necessary to facilitate the sweat evaporation (FF).

=> To decrease the moisture-proof surfaces.

• The embedded electronics doesn’t disturb the wearer of FF and even CP protection.

=> The current solution with optimized electronic modules is realistic.

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Outer Garment: how it was

2 different textile versions,

3 end-user adapted equipments

Outer Garment: how it is

Long Range Transmission System

Main novelties of the second prototypesMain novelties of the second prototypes

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Evolution of the shoe prototypeEvolution of the shoe prototype

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Optimized ergonomy

Integration of

the CO2 Sensor

Main novelties of the second prototypesMain novelties of the second prototypes

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Available information

Open space :1380 m

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Main novelties of the second prototypesMain novelties of the second prototypes

Victim patch

New architecture

More compact, new position of electrodes

Easier to wear

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ConclusionsConclusions

•PROETEX is now at 2/3 of its duration

•2 generations of garments have been produced

•The results of the testing of the first prototypes have given fruitful indications for the design and fabrication of the second prototype

•Essential role of end users

•The fourth year will be dedicated to some technical improvement and to a deep investigation on exploitation routes

SYSTEX – a new coordinationinitiative of the

Seventh Framework Programme

Systex – FP7 coordination action for enhancing the breakthrough of e-textiles and wearable micro systems in Europe

Project start: June 6, 2008

Duration: 36 months

EU funding 800.000 €

Consortium of 12 partners from 5 European countries

What are the targets?

♦♦♦♦ to collect information on relevant projects at various levels

♦♦♦♦ to classify them in a transparent data base and information system

♦♦♦♦ to enhance cross sectoral synergies

♦♦♦♦ to speed up the exchange of research results with the aim of

commercialisation

♦♦♦♦ To merge textiles and organic electronics

Who is involved? 12 partners from 5 European countries

Coordinator: Prof. Lieva van Langenhove

Ghent University, Department of Textiles (B)

Smartex s.r.l., Pisa (I)

CEA, French Atomic Energy Commission, Grenoble (F)

UNIPI, University of Pisa (I)

CNR-INFM, National Institute of physics of Matter – National Research

Council, Centre S3, Modena (I)

IMEC, a world leading independent research center in nanoelectronics and

Nanotechnology

Philips Research, department photonic materials and devices

Multitel, privately owned non profit research centre, Mons (B)

IFTH, Institut Français textile et habillement, Lyon (F)

Anne Demoor bvba, legal advisor (B)

IHOFMANN, consultancy and communication agency specialized in innovative

technical textiles and technologies Wiesbaden (D)

Plastic Electronics Foundation, Eindhoven (NL)

Related EU Projects

BIOTEX www.biotex-eu.com

CONTEXT www.context-project.eu

ProeTEX www.proetex.org

STELLA www.stella-project.de

OFSETH www.ofseth.org

myHeart www.hitech-projects.com/euprojects/myheart

Leapfrog www.leapfrog-eu.org

Avalon www.avalon-eu.org

Clevertex www.clevertex.net

Lidwine http://cordis.europa.eu

Special focus on the lead market application areas:

„the driving wheel towards more intelligent textile systems“

AUTOMOTIVE

MEDICAL

PROTECTIVE

SPORTS

What are the benefits and advantages of future members?

♦♦♦♦ to share information and knowledge in privileged expert clusters

and to benefit from dissemination at EU level

♦ access to the internal area of the SYSTEX web portal

♦ easy access to related European projects and information on

Commission decisions

♦ to gain stronger evidence on market pertinence of new technologies

and products

What are the benefits and advantages of

future members?

♦ exchange of ideas and information data on a

highly professional and trustful level

♦ to be on the same platform with

commercialisation stakeholders

For membership requests please contact:

IHOFMANNWiesbaden, Germanyinfo@ihofmann.com

www.systex.org