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PPG embedded system for blood pressure monitoring

Riccardo PerniceR. CanicattìC. GiaconiaG. FerlaD. AgròAlessandro BusaccaAntonino ParisiAntonio GiordanoAlessandro TomasinoGabriele AdamoSalvatore Stivala

subject

Materials scienceSettore INF/01 - InformaticaPhotoPlethysmoGraphybusiness.industryDetectorPhotodetectorSettore ING-INF/02 - Campi ElettromagneticiSignalReflectivitySilicon PhotoMultiplierembedded systemMicrocontrollerSilicon photomultipliersensorEmbedded systemHeart rate variabilityBlood pressure monitoringsense organsbusinessComputer hardware

description

In this work, we have designed and implemented a microcontroller-based embedded system for blood pressure monitoring through a PhotoPlethysmoGraphic (PPG) technique. In our system, it is possible to perform PPG measurements via reflectance mode. Hardware novelty of our system consists in the adoption of Silicon PhotoMultiplier detectors. The signal received from the photodetector is used to calculate the instantaneous heart rate and therefore the heart rate variability. The obtained results show that, by using our system, it is possible to easily extract both the PPG and the breath signal. These signals can be used to monitor the patients during the convalescence both in hospital and at home.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2014-09-012014 AEIT Annual Conference - From Research to Industry: The Need for a More Effective Technology Transfer (AEIT)
https://doi.org/10.1109/aeit.2014.7002012