Need of wearable biosensors

Introduction
What is a biosensor ?
Properties of biosensor
Wearable biosensors: 1. Ring sensor
2. Smart shirt
Conclusion
References

 Use of wearable monitoring devices allow

continuous monitoring of physiological signals.
Wearable systems are totally non-obtrusive
devices that allow physicians to overcome the
limitations of ambulatory technology.
detects events predictive of possible worsening of
the patients clinical situations.

A biosensor is a device for the

detection of an analyte that
combines a biological component
with a physio-chemical detector
component.

Father of the Biosensor

Professor Leland C Clark Jnr

19182005

NEED OF WEARABLE BIOSENSORS

Remote monitoring of patients

Training support for athelete

Monitoring of individuals who work with

hazardous elements

Tracking of professional truck drivers

vital signs
to alert them of fatigue

Consists of 3 parts:
1.Biological component
2.Physiochemical component.
3.Signal processor.

DEVELOPMENTS
Ring Sensor

Smart Shirt

Fig 1. photograph of ring

sensor,size of the top
board is 0.8 x 0.8 inch.

Fig 2. ring sensor weared

on a finger.

works on the principle of plethysmogram and pulse

oximetry.

 LEDs and Photodiodes.

First stage amplifier.

LEDS and
photodiodes.

Micro
processor(inside)

Sample and Hold circuit.

Signal Conditioner.
CPU.
RF Transmitter.

Battery

Software for the microprocessor on the ring.

Software for the host computer.

Transmitter

BLOCK DIAGRAM OF RING SENSOR

 Easy to use.
Reducing hospitalization fee.
Continous monitoring.

Initial cost is high.

Limited number of physiological parameters can
be monitored.

SMART SHIRT(GTWM)

Smart shirt developed at Georgia tech which

represents the first attempt at relying an unobtrusive,
mobile and easy to use vital signs monitoring system
Research on the design and development of a smart
shirt fort a combat casualty care has led to the
realization of the worlds first wearable motherboard
The principal advantage of smart shirt is that it
provides for the first time a very systematic way of
monitoring the vital signs of humans in an
unobtrusive manner

Fig. Smart Shirt System.

APPLICATIONS OF SMART SHIRT

Medical monitoring
Combat casualty care
Sports/Performance monitoring
Space experiments
Mission Critical/hazardous application
Wearable mobile information infrastructure

 Easy to wear and take off.

Continous monitoring.

Initial cost is high.

Battery life is less.

 Smart shirt technology opens up existing opportunities to

develop adaptive & responsive systems that can think &
act based on the user conditions stimuli & environment.
Certain individuals are susceptible to anaphylaxis reaction
(an allergic reaction) when stung by a bee or spider and need
a shot of adrenaline immediately to prevent further fatalities.
by applying advancements in MEMS(Micro-Electrochemical
systems) technology we can achieve that.
The Smarts shirts delta acquisition capabilities can be used to
detect the condition when an individual is lapsing into a diabetic
shock and this integrated feedback mechanism can provide the
appropriate response to prevent a fatality

 Just as special-purpose chips and processors can be

plugged into a computer motherboard to obtain the
the required information processing capability, the smart
shirt is an information infrastructure in which the wearer
can plug in the desired sensors and devices, thereby
creating a system for monitoring vital signs in an efficient
and cost effective manner with a universal interface of
clothing.
Just as the spreadsheet pioneered the field of
information
processing that brought computing to the masses.It is
anticipated that the smart shirt will bring personalized &
affordable healthcare monitoring to the population at
large.

 Park and Jayaraman,Enhancing the quality of life

through wearable technology,vol. 22, June-03
R.Neumann,Biomedical Sensors ,handbook of
biomedical instrumentation,page. 725-755
http://www.sensatex.com/smartshirt.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biosensor