Post on 06-Aug-2020
Prof.Dr. Diego Barrettino Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU)
Institute of Electrical Engineering, CC Electronics Technikumstrasse 21, CH-6048 Horw, Switzerland
Phone: +41-41-349-3345
E-mail: diego.barrettino@hslu.ch
SmartCuff Healthy Aging with Wearable Technologies
Winterthur, September 3rd, 2019
The Problem
Source: World Health Organization (WHO)
Global Market
Smartwatches
In 2019, 3 Mio. wearable devices
for monitoring elderly people
Swiss Market
Source:SwissFederalStatisticsOffice(2010)
By 2020, 100k wearable devices for
monitoring elderly people in CH
Our Wearable Solution is the SmartCuff Device q 3-lead electrocardiography (ECG) for monitoring heart activity. q 3-lead electromyography (EMG) for monitoring muscle activity. q Pulse oximetry for monitoring oxygen saturation in blood, heart rate
and heart rate variability. q Body and skin temperature. q Accelerometer for fall detection. q Hydration level measurement with SensDRB’s ASIC. q LoRa communication for long range monitoring, that is, for both
indoors and outdoors users. q Display to show the measurement results in-situ without
smartphone. q SD card for recording ALL the measurements (data logger) in case
of lost of communication. q Microcontroller for biomedical signal processing.
ECG and EMG Measurements
Heart Rate Measurements
Skin Temperature Measurements